| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALA | land Islands (ISO 3166 Trigram) |
| AGASA | Akeno Giant Air Shower Array (cosmic Ray Detector) |
| DNDO | U.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office |
| NZD | New Zealand Dollar (ISO 4217 Currency Code) |
| VLAD | Vertical Line Array DIFAR |
| IWC | International Whaling Commission |
| RSR | Required Supply Rate |
| UKR | Ukrainian Language (ISO 639-2 Code) |
| NIH | National Institutes Of Health - Not Invented Here |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |