| Acronym | Meaning |
 | RDTE OR RDT&E | Research |
 | NTC | National Training Center - Negative Temperature Coefficient (thermistor) |
 | PLGR | Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver (plugger) |
 | IV | C?te D'Ivoire (FIPS 10-4 Country Code; From Ivory Coast) - Four (in Roman Numerals) -IntraVenous (as In Intravenous Drip Or Intravenous Therapy) |
 | JITC | Joint Interoperability Test Command |
 | ERN | Eritrean Nakfa (ISO 4217 Currency Code) |
 | SIS | Silicon Integrated Systems |
 | AFOSR | U.S. Air Force Office Of Scientific Research |
 | FITS | Flexible Image Transport System |
 | MAGNETAR | Metaprogrammable AGent NETwork ARchitecture |