| Acronym | Meaning |
| LAD | Laser Aiming Device |
| AZ | Azerbaijani Language (ISO 639-1 Code) |
| BAK | Bashkir Language (ISO 639-2 Code) |
| ARE | UK Admiralty Research Establishment (?1991) -United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 Trigram) |
| QANTAS | Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services |
| LOD | Limit Of Detection - See Detection Limit |
| AA | Afar Language (ISO 639-1 Code) |
| FRSA | Fellow Of The Royal Society Of Art |
| ARDA | Advanced Research And Development Activity (became DTO 2006) |
| KF | Kilofarad |