| Acronym | Meaning |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
| GBASE | Genome Database Of The Mouse |
| ACS | American Chemical Society |
| SCW | Single-chromosome Workshop |
| IBEX | International Biotechnology EXpo |
| QDFM | Quantitative DNA Fiber Mapping |
| NASA | Natl. Aeronautics And Space Administration |
| RECOMB | Conference On Computational Molecular Biology |
| AGSG | Alliance Of Genetic Support Groups (now Genetic Alliance) |
| UT | University Of Tennessee |