| Acronym | Meaning |
| BACR | British Association For Cancer Research |
| CATCMB/CUA | Center For Advanced Training In Cell And Molecular Biology/Catholic Univ. Of America |
| IBF | International Business Forum |
| NBAC | Natl. Bioethics Advisory Commission |
| ORF | Open Reading Frame |
| CIOMS | Council For International Organizations Of Medical Sciences |
| ASIS | American Society For Information Science |
| HELSRD | Health Effects And Life Science Research Division |
| SNL | Sandia National Laboratory |
| GSDB | Genome Sequence Data Base |