| Acronym | Meaning |
| EDS | Electronic Data Submission |
| HICSS | Hawaii Intl. Conf. On Systems Sci. |
| TIGR/NIST | The Inst. For Genomic Res./Natl. Inst. Of Standards And Technol. |
| SSLP | Single-sequence Length Polymorphism |
| GRC | Gordon Res. Conf. |
| AHA | American Heart Association |
| LLNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| GIST | Genome Informatics System Of Transputers |
| GLARGG | Great Lakes Regional Genetics Group |
| GESTEC | Genome Science And Technology Center |