| Acronym | Meaning |
| RAPD | Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA |
| STS | Sequence-tagged Site |
| PSC | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center |
| HMDP | Homology Database |
| PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| IJCAI | International Joint Conference On Artificial Intelligence |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| BDG | Batten's Disease Gene |
| MHC | Major Histocompatibility Complex |
| WWW | World Wide Web |