| Acronym | Meaning |
| AUS | Australia (ISO 3166 Trigram) |
| HIRD | Hurd Of Interfaces Representing Depth (cf. HURD) |
| AR | Argon |
| DMC | (U.S.) Defense Management Council |
| SEAD | Suppression Of Enemy Air Defence |
| LOC | Level Of Operational Capability - Limited Operational Capability - Lines Of Code - Lines Of Communication - See Entry |
| POL | Petroleum, Oil, And Lubricant |
| QPS | Quark Publishing System |
| BRDM | Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dosornaya Mashina (Russian ?????? ???????????????? ???????? ?????? |
| RACK | Risk Aware Consensual Kink (SM Phrase) |