| Acronym | Meaning |
| NLM | National Library Of Medicine |
| ESF | European Science Foundation |
| NCSA | National Center For Supercomputing Applications |
| ECB | European Congress On Biotechnology |
| GAS | Genome Automation System |
| IG | IntelliGenetics |
| ICES | International Council Of Electrophoresis Societies |
| IU | Indiana University |
| INRIA | French Natl. Inst. For Research In Computer Science And Control |
| IMACS | International Association For Mathematics And Computers In Simulation |