| AAC | Alter All Commands |
| AAR | Alter at Random |
| AB | Add Backwards |
| AFVC | Add Finagle's Variable Constant |
| AIB | Attack Innocent Bystander |
| AWTT | Assemble with Tinker Toys |
| BAC | Branch to Alpha Centauri |
| BAF | Blow all Fuses |
| BAFL | Branch and Flush |
| BBIL | Branch on Burned-Out Indicator Light |
| BBT | Branch on Binary Tree |
| BBW | Branch Both Ways |
| BCIL | Branch Creating Infinite Loop |
| BDC | Break Down and Cry |
| BDT | Burn Data Tree |
| BEW | Branch Either Way |
| BF | Belch Fire |
| BH | Branch and Hang |
| BMR | Branch Multiple Registers |
| BOB | Branch on Bug |
| BOD | Beat on the Disk |
| BOI | Byte Operator Immediately |
| BPDI | Be Polite, Don't Interrupt |
| BPO | Branch on Power Off |
| BRSS | Branch on Sunspot |
| BST | Backspace and Stretch Tape |
| BW | Branch on Whim |
| CBNC | Close, but no Cigar |
| CDC | Close Disk Cover |
| CDIOOAZ | Calm Down, It's Only Ones and Zeroes |
| CEMU | Close Eyes and Monkey With User Space |
| CH | Create Havoc |
| CLBR | Clobber Register |
| CLBRI | Clobber Register Immediately |
| CM | Circulate Memory |
| CMD | Compare Meaningless Data |
| CML | Compute Meaning of Life |
| CNB | Cause Nervous Breakdown |
| COLB | Crash for Operator's Lunch Break |
| CPPR | Crumple Printer Paper and Rip |
| CRASH | Continue Running After Stop or Halt |
| CRB | Crash and Burn |
| CRN | Convert to Roman Numerals |
| CS | Crash System |
| CSL | Curse and Swear Loudly |
| CU | Convert to Unary |
| CVG | Convert to Garbage |
| CWOM | Complement Write-only Memory |
| CZZC | Convert Zone to Zip Code |
| DBTP | Drop Back Ten and Punt |
| DBZ | Divide by Zero |
| DC | Divide and Conquer |
| DDC | Dally During Calculations |
| DLN | Don't Look Now... |
| DMNS | Do What I Mean, Not What I Say |
| DMPE | Decide to Major in Phys. Ed. |
| DMPK | Destroy Memory Protect Key |
| DNPG | Do Not Pass Go |
| DO | Divide and Overflow |
| DOC | Drive Operator Crazy |
| DPMI | Declare Programmer Mentally Incompetent |
| DPR | Destroy Program |
| DTC | Destroy This Command |
| DTE | Decrement Telephone Extension |
| DTVFL | Destroy Third Variable From Left |
| DW | Destroy World |
| EBB | Edit and Blank Buffer |
| ECO | Electrocute Computer Operator |
| EFD | Emulate Frisbee Using Disk Pack |
| EIAO | Execute In Any Order |
| EIOC | Execute Invalid Op-code |
| EMPC | Emulate Pocket Calculator |
| EMSE | Edit and Mark Something Else |
| ENF | Emit Noxious Fumes |
| EP | Execute Programmer |
| EPI | Execute Programmer Immediately |
| EROS | Erase Read-only Storage |
| EXOP | Execute Operator |
| EXPP | Execute Political Prisoner |
| FLI | Flash Lights Impressively |
| FSM | Fold, Spindle and Mutilate |
| FSRA | Forms Skip and Run Away |
| GCAR | Get Correct Answer Regardless |
| GDP | Grin Defiantly at Programmer |
| GFD | Go Forth and Divide |
| GFM | Go Forth and Multiply |
| HCF | Halt and Catch Fire |
| HCP | Hide Central Processor |
| IAE | Ignore All Exceptions |
| IBP | Insert Bug and Proceed |
| IIB | Ignore Inquiry and Branch |
| ISC | Insert Sarcastic Comments |
| JTZ | Jump to Twilight Zone |
| LAP | Laugh At Programmer |
| LCC | Load and Clear Core |
| LPA | Lead Programmer Astray |
| MAZ | Multiply Answer by Zero |
| MBR | Multiply and be Fruitful |
| MLR | Move and Lose Record |
| MW | Malfunction Whenever |
| MWAG | Make Wild-Assed Guess |
| MWT | Malfunction Without Telling |
| OML | Obey Murphy's Laws |
| P$*! | Punch Obscenity |
| PBC | Print and Break Chain |
| PD | Play Dead |
| PDSK | Punch Disk |
| PEHC | Punch Extra Holes in Cards |
| PFD | Punt on Fourth Down |
| PI | Punch Invalid |
| PNRP | Print Nasty Replies to Programmer |
| POCL | Punch Out Console Lights |
| POPI | Punch Operator Immediately |
| PVLC | Punch Variable Length Card |
| RA | Randomize Answer |
| RASC | Read and Shred Card |
| RCB | Read Command Backwards |
| RD | Reverse Directions |
| RDA | Refuse to Disclose Answer |
| RDB | Run Disk Backwards |
| RDS | Read Sideways |
| RIRG | Read Inter-record Gap |
| RLI | Rotate Left Indefinitely |
| ROC | Randomize Op Codes |
| ROO | Rub Out Operator |
| RPB | Read Print and Blush |
| RPM | Read Programmer's Mind |
| RSD | On Read Error Self-Destruct |
| RSTOM | Read From Store-only Memory |
| RTS | Return To Sender |
| RWCR | Rewind Card Reader |
| SAI | Skip All Instructions |
| SAS | Sit And Spin |
| SCCA | Short Circuit on Correct Answer |
| SFH | Set Flags to Half-mast |
| SFT | Stall For Time |
| SHAB | Shift a Bit |
| SHABM | Shift a Bit More |
| SLP | Sharpen Light Pen |
| SMR | Skip on Meaningless Result |
| SOS | Sign off, Stupid |
| SOT | Sit on a Tack |
| SPS | Set Panel Switches |
| SPSW | Scramble Program Status Word |
| SQPC | Sit Quietly and Play With Your Crayons |
| SRDR | Shift Right Double Ridiculous |
| SRSD | Seek Record and Scar Disk |
| SRZ | Subtract and Reset to Zero |
| SSJ | Select Stacker and Jam |
| STA | Store Anywhere |
| STROM | Store in Read-only Memory |
| TARC | Take Arithmetic Review Course |
| TDB | Transfer and Drop Bits |
| TLO | Turn Indicator Lights Off |
| TN | Take a Nap |
| TPDL | Tell Programmer to Do it Him/Herself |
| TPF | Turn Power Off |
| TPN | Turn Power On |
| TTA | Try, Try Again |
| UCB | Uncouple CPU and Branch |
| UER | Update and Erase Record |
| ULDA | Unload Accumulator |
| UP | Understand Program |
| UPCI | Update Card In Place |
| WBT | Water Binary Tree |
| WEMG | Write Eighteen Minute Gap |
| WF | Wait Forever |
| WHFO | Wait Until Hell Freezes Over |
| WI | Write Illegibly |
| WPM | Write Programmer's Mind |
| WWLR | Write Wrong-Length Record |
| WSWW | Work in Strange and Wondrous Ways |
| XSP | Execute Systems Programmer |
| ZAR | Zero Any Register |