| Acronym | Meaning |
| BLEVE | Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion (blevy) |
| 4WD | Four Wheel Drive (cf. AWD) |
| ZN | Zinc |
| DVU | Decessit Vita Uxoris (Latin |
| QIP | Quadrilateral Interoperability Programme (ancestor Of MIP; Quip) |
| LEP | Large Electron-Positron Collider |
| PS | Petasecond |
| ZANU | PF -Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front |
| PW | Palau (postal Symbol; ISO 3166 Digram) - Petawatt |
| MCA | Micro Channel Architecture - MultiChannel Analyzer |