| Acronym | Meaning |
| NTDS | Navy Technical Data System |
| ECR | Engineering Change Request |
| PPBIT | Pre-periodic Built-in Test |
| COD | Carrier On-board Delivery |
| NAC | Nacelle |
| DORT | Daily Operational Readiness Test |
| LRAAS | Long Range Air Asw System |
| SW | Software |
| CODASYL | Conference On Data Systems Languages |
| BHT | Bell Helicopter Textron |