| Acronym | Meaning |
| WIYN | Wisconsin Indiana Yale NOAO Telescope Consortium |
| QSTAG | Quadripartite Standardization Agreement (cue-stag) |
| EGRET | Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope |
| ND | Neodymium |
| MARFORCC | Marine Force Component Commander |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| UUV | Unmanned Underwater Vehicle |
| NESS | T -Near-Earth Space Surveillance - Terrestrial Project |
| FR | France (FIPS 10-4 Country Code; ISO 3166 Digram) |
| USA | United States Of America (alsoISO 3166 Trigram) - United States Army |