| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSU | Oregon State University |
| HICSS | Hawaii Intl. Conf. On Systems Sci. |
| OMIM | Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man |
| HERAC | Health And Environmental Research Advisory Committee |
| KB | Kilobase |
| GBR | Global Business Research |
| ISMB | Intelligent Systems For Molecular Biology |
| MOU | Memorandum Of Understanding |
| IU | Indiana University |
| DM | Myotonic Dystrophy |