| Acronym | Meaning |
| CPF | Calibration Parameter File - Canadian Patrol Frigate |
| SED | CERDEC Software Engineering Directorate |
| CERDEC | U.S. Communications-Electronics Research |
| DOE | U.S. Department Of Energy |
| AP | Advanced Placement - Air Publication -Armed Forces Pacific (postal Symbol) -Associated Press - Auto Pilot |
| RRP | Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis |
| VGB | British Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 Trigram) |
| TOMS | Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument) |
| SPCO | Single-Pole Change Over |
| IRL | Ireland (ISO 3166 Trigram) - Industrial Research Limited |