| Acronym | Meaning |
| IMACS | International Association For Mathematics And Computers In Simulation |
| AAAI | American Association ForArtificial Intelligence |
| TIGR | The Inst. For Genomic Research |
| JGI | Joint Genome Institute |
| SQL | Standard Query Language |
| FAP | Familial Adenomatous Polyposis |
| MIMBD | Meet. On The Interconnection Of Mol. Biol. Databases |
| LANL | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| AGT | Association Of Genetic Technologists |
| HERAC | Health And Environmental Research Advisory Committee |