Definition of Bioinformatics
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•Jong’s definition
Bioinformatics is biology.
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Why?
Biology is aims to understand what life is. The essence of life is information processing.
Therefore, bioinformatics, the study of life forms using informatics methods is the key of life science.
•Technical definition of bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is a discipline of science that analyses, seeks understandinand models the whole life
as an information processing phoenomenon
utilizing energy with methods from philosophy, mathematics and computer science
using measurable biological experimental data.