| Acronym | Meaning |
| AVS | American Vacuum Society |
| ORISE | Oak Ridge Inst. For Science And Education |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| NASA | Natl. Aeronautics And Space Administration |
| ESI | Electrospray Ionization |
| NACHGR | Natl. Advisory Council For Human Genome Res. |
| HGCC | Human Genome Coordinating Committee |
| STS | Sequence-tagged Site |
| CATCMB | Center For Advanced Training In Cell And Molecular Biology |
| SQL | Standard Query Language |