A rare example of a simple, fun, non-bogus name for a bioinformatics tool

Recently published in the journal Genome Biology, we have:

• HiFive: a tool suite for easy and efficient HiC and 5C data analysis

I like this name a lot because it is:

• Memorable
• Pronounceable
• Simple, but also clever (combining elements of HiC and 5C)
• Fun (a play on 'high five')
• Not an acronym (so not a bogus acronym either)
• Unique (can't find any other tools with this name)
• Relevant (the short name has a connection to the data that the tool works with).

Maybe I need to start designing some sort of 'Anti-JABBA' award?

Not all bioinformatics software names have to be acronyms! →

From the most recent issue of the journal Bioinformatics, there is a bioinformatics tool with a delightful name that is unique, pronounceable, and fun. Most refreshingly, it is not an acronym: 

• MindTheGap: integrated detection and assembly of short and long insertions

Sprai: a bioinformatics software acronym that I actually like

I heard somebody mention the following tool today:

• sprai = single pass read accuracy improver

As someone who frequently heaps scorn on many bogus acronyms used for bioinformatics tools, I thought that maybe I should point out some good ones when I come across them. I like 'sprai' as a name for the following reasons:

1. It is a genuine acronym (initial letters of all words are used)
2. The name is short
3. The name is pronounceable (though I'm making an assumption that it is pronounced 'spry')
4. As a non-English word, it's pretty unique (especially in the field of bioinformatics)
5. When I search for it on Google, it shows up on the first page of results (though it has some competition from this place)

The only negative might be that it is subject to being misspelt (especially if you only hear the name verbally and don't see it written down), but otherwise it's a good name.