| Acronym | Meaning |
| QSCAT | Quick Scatterometer Satellite |
| CUREA | Consortium For Undergraduate Research And Education In Astronomy |
| NGH | Northern General Hospital |
| TFT | Thin-Film Transistor |
| NC | Nanocoulomb |
| TMAP | Texas Medication Algorithm Project |
| CCII | Command And Control Information Infrastructure |
| TIA | Total Information Awareness Initiative |
| IFO | Identified Flying Object (see Also UFO) |
| UIG | Uyghur Language (ISO 639-2 Code) |