| Acronym | Meaning |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| MIMBD | Meet. On The Interconnection Of Mol. Biol. Databases |
| ESI | Electrospray Ionization |
| LBNL | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| SSLP | Single-sequence Length Polymorphism |
| UT | University Of Tennessee |
| GIST | Genome Informatics System Of Transputers |
| GESTEC | Genome Science And Technology Center |
| GLARGG | Great Lakes Regional Genetics Group |
| DHHS | Dept. Of Health And Human Services |