How NATO standardization reshaped naval terminology

Is there a reference that dates Royal Navy terminology changes such as the move from ASDIC to sonar?

No single book is identified; the change is linked to NATO-era standardization of British, American, and allied terminology.

The speakers do not know of a single reference book that dates every Royal Navy terminology change. They suggest looking around NATO's formation, when allied services needed common words for shared equipment and procedures. British personnel adopted some American terms, Americans adopted some British language, and other allies contributed their own usage. The ASDIC-to-sonar shift is therefore best understood within alliance interoperability rather than as an isolated act of renaming.