| Acronym | Meaning |
| NVL | Night Vision Laboratory |
| QCD | Quantum ChromoDynamics |
| JFCOM | U.S. Joint Forces Command (jiff-comm) |
| CME | Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun) |
| MT | Malta (FIPS 10-4 Country Code; ISO 3166 Digram) - Megatesla - Montana (postal Symbol) -Motor Transport (military) |
| ATAPI | Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface |
| LONEOS | Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search |
| TAAR | Trace Amine-Associated Receptor |
| HMO | Hiri Motu Language (ISO 639-2 Code) |
| AANEAS | Anglo-Australian Near-Earth Asteroid Survey |