| Acronym | Meaning |
| USDRE | (U.S.) Under-Secretary Of Defense For Research And Engineering (1978?1986) |
| NOMBO | Non-mine |
| MCC | Marylebone Cricket Club - Mission Control Centre - Movement Control Centre |
| HRED | (U.S. Army Research Laboratory's) Human Research And Engineering Directorate (Aberdeen Proving Ground |
| BAFTA | British Academy Of Film And Television Arts |
| AMRDEC | U.S. Aviation & Missile Research |
| RHU | Replacement Holding Unit |
| AED | United Arab Emirates Dirham (ISO 4217 Currency Code) |
| ARE | UK Admiralty Research Establishment (?1991) -United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 Trigram) |
| GRD | Grenada (ISO 3166 Trigram) |