| Acronym | Meaning |
| CIMB | Center For International Meeting On Biology |
| GDB/OMIM | Genome Database/Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man |
| AFIP/ARP | Armed Forces Inst. Of Pathol./Am. Registry Of Pathol. |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| ORISE | Oak Ridge Inst. For Science And Education |
| PG | Plant Genome |
| NCSU | North Carolina State University |
| GIST | Genome Informatics System Of Transputers |
| CE | Capillary Electrophoresis |
| HELSRD | Health Effects And Life Science Research Division |