| AGD | Australian Geodetic Datum |
| AMS | Annual Maintenance and Support |
| AMT | Aeronautical Mobile Telemetry |
| BS | Base Station |
| BT | Bluetooth |
| CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access |
| CSV | Comma Separated Values |
| DEM | Digital Elevation Model |
| EIRP | Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power |
| FDMA | Frequency Division Multiple Access |
| FS | Fixed Service |
| FSS | Fixed Satellite Service |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GSO | Geostationary Orbit |
| IDWM | ITU Digitised World Map |
| ITU | International Telecommunications Union |
| MS | Mobile Station |
| MSS | Mobile Satellite Service |
| OS | Ordnance Survey |
| RAS | Radio Astronomy Service |
| RX | Receive |
| S-DARS | Satellite – Digital Audio Radio Service |
| SRTM | Shuttle Radar Topography Mission |
| SWBD | SRTM Water Body Data |
| TDMA | Time Division Multiple Access |
| TX | Transmit |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| USGS | United States Geological Survey |
| UTC | Universal Coordinated Time |
| WCDMA | Wideband Code Division Multiple Access |
| WGS84 | World Geodetic System |