| Acronym | Meaning |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| NMHCC | National Managed Health Care Congress |
| ISAG | Intl. Society For Animal Genetics |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| ISMB | Intelligent Systems For Molecular Biology |
| SIMS | Societal Institute Of The Mathematical Sciences |
| CTG | Trinucleotide Repeat |
| AANP | American Association Of Neuropathologists |
| SIB | Society For Industrial Biology |
| PSC | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center |