| Acronym | Meaning |
| IBC | International Business Communications |
| MOU | Memorandum Of Understanding |
| CONTIG | Consortium Of Teachers In Genetics |
| IVD | In Vitro Diagnostic |
| EMG | Encyclopedia Of The Mouse Genome |
| ORF | Open Reading Frame |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| PAC | P1 Artificial Chromosome |
| SCW | Single-chromosome Workshop |
| HICSS | Hawaii Intl. Conf. On Systems Sci. |