| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCUBA | Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus |
| SDO | Scattered Disc Object |
| MAVS | Mobile Artillery Vehicle System |
| SRL | Savannah River Laboratory - Single Rocket Launcher - Survival Research Labs |
| AFQT | Armed Forces Qualification Test |
| BGWG | Battle Group Wargame (military Simulation; Big Wig) |
| EDC | DAAC -EROS Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center |
| COROT | COnvection |
| VLBA | Very Long Baseline Array |
| FMS | Federal Magistrates Service (an Australian Federal Court |