| Acronym | Meaning |
| HERAC | Health And Environmental Research Advisory Committee |
| STRP | Short Tandem Repeat Polymorphism |
| IBI | Institute For Biotechnology Information |
| MRC | Medical Research Council |
| CIMB | Center For International Meeting On Biology |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
| ICGEB | International Centre For Genetic Engineering And Biotechnology |
| NEH | National Endowment For The Humanities |
| SQL | Standard Query Language |
| TIGR | The Inst. For Genomic Research |