| Acronym | Meaning |
| SPIE | Originally The Society For Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE - The International Society For Optical Engineering 1981?2007 |
| BIST | Built-In Self-Test |
| QUASAR | Quasi-stellar Radio Source |
| UNLV | University Of Nevada |
| FZDZ | Freezing Drizzle (METAR Code) |
| RTFM | Read The Fucking/Fine Manual |
| OSE | Own Separate Entrance |
| CNN | Cable News Network - Cellular Nonlinear Network |
| PLI | Position Location Information - Private Lands Initiative - Professional Liability Insurance |
| GAB | Gabon (ISO 3166 Trigram) |