| Acronym | Meaning |
| CUNT | Chief Utiliser Of Novel Technologies |
| CMPD | Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department |
| ADW | Air Defence Warning |
| SPIE | Originally The Society For Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE - The International Society For Optical Engineering 1981?2007 |
| ACL | Access Control List - Anterior Cruciate Ligament |
| LIVE | Liquid Inertial Vibration Eliminator |
| SDO | Scattered Disc Object |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| PPQT | Pre-Production Qualification Test |
| IONA | Islands Of The North Atlantic (alternate Name For Great Britain |