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Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field of science that develops computational methods and software tools for understanding biological data, especially when the data sets are large and complex. It integrates principles from biology, chemistry, physics, computer science, data science, computer programming, information engineering, mathematics and statistics to analyze and interpret biological data. The closely related term computational biology is sometimes used interchangeably with bioinformatics, though the distinction between the two is often disputed; computational biology can also refer more specifically to building and using models of biological systems. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Origin Year
1970 1
Core Concern
Computational methods and software tools for understanding large, complex biological data 1
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Artificial Intelligence, Fields
Source Wikipedia: Bioinformatics
Computational Science, Fields
Source Wikipedia: Computational science
Data Mining, Fields

Field-to-field association; both are standard neighbouring areas of computing

Databases, Fields

Field-to-field association; both are standard neighbouring areas of computing

DNA Computing, Fields
Machine Learning, Fields

Field-to-field association; both are standard neighbouring areas of computing

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1. Wikipedia: Bioinformatics
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  • Lead section, para 1
    Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field of science that develops computational methods and software tools for understanding biological data, especially when the data sets are large and complex.
  • Etymology section
    the study of information processes in biotic systems
  • Associated With: Artificial Intelligence, History section
    Analyzing biological data to produce meaningful information involves writing and running software programs that use algorithms from graph theory, artificial intelligence, soft computing, data mining, image processing, and computer simulation.
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