| Acronym | Meaning |
| IMACS | International Association For Mathematics And Computers In Simulation |
| AWCH | Adelaide Women And Children's Hospital |
| HICSS | Hawaii Intl. Conf. On Systems Sci. |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| FSHD | Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute Of Technology |
| XIST | Candidate Gene For X-inactivation Center |
| OAINN | Ohio Aerospace Institute Neural Networks |
| AEC | Atomic Energy Commission |
| ICGEB | International Centre For Genetic Engineering And Biotechnology |