| Acronym | Meaning |
| IOR | Institute Of Religion |
| SCAN | Sequence Comparison ANalysis Program |
| LTI | Life Technologies |
| KB | Kilobase |
| ASB | American Society For Biotechnology |
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| SBH | Sequencing By Hybridization |
| ACEDB | A C. Elegans Database |
| AFMR | American Federation Of Medical Research |
| OAINN | Ohio Aerospace Institute Neural Networks |