| Acronym | Meaning |
| IMACS | International Association For Mathematics And Computers In Simulation |
| IGES | International Genetics Epidemiology Societies |
| OMIM | Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man |
| AAI | American Association Of Immunologists |
| GLARGG | Great Lakes Regional Genetics Group |
| PIR | Protein Info. Resource |
| STS | Sequence-tagged Site |
| IBI | Institute For Biotechnology Information |
| PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| SIMS | Societal Institute Of The Mathematical Sciences |