| Acronym | Meaning |
| ARDA | Advanced Research And Development Activity (became DTO 2006) |
| IBDM | Information Based Decision Making |
| HVM | High Velocity Missile |
| PAN | Panama (ISO 3166 Trigram) -Personal Area Network -PolyAcryloNitrile |
| NCAA | National Collegiate Athletic Association (NC Double A) |
| OFDA | U.S. AID?s Office Of Foreign Disaster Assistance |
| AWG | Aruban Guilder (ISO 4217 Currency Code) |
| ISTS | Intel Science Talent Search |
| EIS | Environmental Impact Statement |
| FAA | U.S. Federal Aviation Administration - Financial Aid Administrator - Fleet Air Arm - Functional Area Analysis |