| Acronym | Meaning |
| EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| MGD | Mouse Genome Database |
| NIST | Natl. Inst. Of Standards And Technology |
| CFF | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation |
| MIMBD | Meet. On The Interconnection Of Mol. Biol. Databases |
| HGM | Human Genome Meeting |
| CE | Capillary Electrophoresis |
| NASA | Natl. Aeronautics And Space Administration |
| AHA | American Heart Association |
| SCW | Single-chromosome Workshop |