| Acronym | Meaning |
| ISQL | Interactive Standard Query Language |
| ACMG | American College Of Medical Genet. |
| GBASE | Genome Database Of The Mouse |
| HNPCC | Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer |
| MMRF | Marshfield Medical Research Foundation |
| CHH | Cartilage-hair Hypoplasia |
| ACS | American Chemical Society |
| IG | IntelliGenetics |
| NCSU | North Carolina State University |
| EMBL | European Mol. Biol. Lab. |