| Acronym | Meaning |
| NW | Nanowatt |
| USAFSPC | U.S. Air Force Space Command |
| EDT | Eastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC-4 Hours) |
| CISSP | Certified Information Systems Security Professional |
| HRM | Human Resource Management |
| CAFAD | Combined Arms For Air Defence |
| GBU | Glide-Bomb Unit - Global Business Unit |
| AB | Able Seaman (rank) |
| PUN | Pull-Up Network |
| MECC | Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (later Corporation |