| Acronym | Meaning |
| RDT&E | Research, Development, Test And Evaluation |
| NTSC | Naval Training Systems Center |
| TMC | Technical Manual Code |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| OMP | Organometallic Polymer Hull Coating |
| ADPSO | Automatic Data Processing Security Officer |
| GCC | Generic Command Center |
| ERR | Engineering Release Record |
| PDU | Power Drive Unit |
| BYTE | Combined Bits Of Digital Computer Information (8,16,32) |