| Acronym | Meaning |
| ADS | Active Denial System - Astrophysics Data System - Attention Deficit Syndrome |
| AAODL | Atmospheric Aerosols And Optics Data Library |
| VB | Victoria Bitter (beer) - Visual Basic |
| YM | Yemen (FIPS 10-4 Country Code) -Your Magazine (originally Young Miss |
| IC | Ice Crystals (METAR Code) - Iceland (FIPS 10-4 Country Code) -Integrated Circuit |
| WIYN | Wisconsin Indiana Yale NOAO Telescope Consortium |
| SG | Seaborgium |
| FJ | Femtojoule |
| MLHW | Mean Lower High Water (nautical Charts) |
| IEW | Intelligence And Electronic Warfare |