| Acronym | Meaning |
| OCIDS | Optical Combat Identification System |
| AESR | Aeronautical Equipment Service Record |
| QZ | Awair (IATA Airline Designator) |
| SBCS | Single-Byte Character Set |
| WAK | Wake Island (ISO 3166 Trigram |
| IX | Nine (in Roman Numerals) |
| 3M | Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company |
| AJ | Attojoule |
| ABET | Accreditation Board For Engineering And Technology |
| MDM | Michigan Dartmouth MIT Telescope Consortium |