| Acronym | Meaning |
| DAWIA | Defense Aquistion Workforce Improvement Act |
| HNG | Hinge |
| WMED | Medium Endurance Cutter (uscg 270) |
| EAST | European Advanced Software Technology |
| DD | Destroyer |
| LLCSC | Loser-level Computer Software Component |
| VLV | Valve |
| SIM | Simulation Ship's Inertial Navigation System |
| IRDS | Information Resource Dictionary System |
| PATT | Pattern |