| Acronym | Meaning |
| RECOMB | Conference On Computational Molecular Biology |
| NLGLP | National Laboratory Gene Library Project |
| IEEE | Institute Of Electrical And Electronics Engineers |
| AEC | Atomic Energy Commission |
| MBL | Marine Biological Laboratory |
| ACE | Angiotensin-converting Enzyme |
| ABI | Applied Biosystems |
| FSHD | Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy |
| GSDB | Genome Sequence Data Base |
| AVS | American Vacuum Society |