| Acronym | Meaning |
| DLS | Deep Lens Survey |
| C/O | Care Of (postal Code Indicating Temporary Address Change) |
| AAWC | Anti-Air Warfare Commander |
| PLF | Parachute Landing Fall |
| SWIR | Short Wave InfraRed (ss-why-are Or Swhirr) |
| SO | Shared Object (Unix) - Sheriff's Office - Significant Other -Somalia (ISO 3166 And FIPS 10-4 Country Code Digram) |
| FLK | Falkland Islands (ISO 3166 Trigram) -Funny-Looking Kid (medical Diagnosis In-joke) |
| STANAG | (NATO) Standardisation Agreement |
| SEG | Special Escort Group |
| ARPA | Advanced Research Projects Agency |