| Acronym | Meaning |
| FEMA | U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access |
| DASD | (U.S.) Deputy Assistant Secretary Of Defense |
| MAX | Meta-reasoning Architecture For X |
| LOS | Line Of Sight |
| UAB | University Of Alabama At Birmingham |
| ITC | InferoTemporal Cortex (neurophysiology) |
| MZ | Mach-Zehnder (interferometer) -Magnetic Azimuth -Move |
| IED | Improvised Explosive Device |
| IBA | Important Bird Area |