| Acronym | Meaning |
| CPD | Capabilities Production Document |
| DASD | (U.S.) Deputy Assistant Secretary Of Defense |
| BLUFOR | Blue Force(military) |
| NIU | Niue (ISO 3166 Trigram) |
| OHC | OverHead-Cam Engine |
| LSND | Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector |
| AH | Ampere-hour |
| NASA | National Aeronautics And Space Administration |
| ASD(S&TR) | (U.S.) Assistant Secretary Of Defense (Strategy & Threat Reduction) |
| BIOS | Basic Input/Output System - British Institute Of Organ Studies |