| Acronym | Meaning |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| IED | Improvised Explosive Device |
| XV | Fifteen (in Roman Numerals) |
| HOTT OR HOTT | Hordes Of The Things (miniature Fantasy Wargaming Rules; A Play On The Lord Of The Rings) |
| RCCO | Royal Canadian College Of Organists |
| EMS | Emergency Medical Services |
| USSPACECOM | United States Space Command |
| OIOC | Oriental & India Office Collections (in The British Library) |
| K/T | Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary |
| WAP | Wireless Application Protocol |