| Acronym | Meaning |
| INRIA | French Natl. Inst. For Research In Computer Science And Control |
| CFF | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation |
| ASIS | American Society For Information Science |
| NCSA | National Center For Supercomputing Applications |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute Of Technology |
| ASB | American Society For Biotechnology |
| MNBWS | Miami Nature Biotechnology Winter Symposium |
| NAS | Natl. Academy Of Sciences |
| RECOMB | Conference On Computational Molecular Biology |
| AEC | Atomic Energy Commission |