| Acronym | Meaning |
| PAWS | Phased Array Warning System - Progressive Animal Welfare Society |
| BSE | Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
| BFR | Brominated Flame Retardant |
| MPFC | Medial PreFrontal Cortex |
| NL | Nanolitre |
| N | Nano |
| URY | Uruguay (ISO 3166 Trigram) |
| FDDI | Fibre Distributed Data Interface |
| VA | Vatican City-State (ISO 3166 Digram) -Veterans Affairs (U.S. Department Of) -Virginia (postal Symbol) |
| NDAA | U.S. National Defense Authorization Act |