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Biocomputing

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Biocomputing can mean at least two different things:

  1. it can be defined as the construction and use of computers which function like living organisms or contain biological components, so-called biocomputers. In this meaning it is closely related to DNA computing.
  2. Biocomputing can also be defined as the use of computers in biological research and in this case it is referred to as bioinformatics.
  • For disambiguation, biological computing is often used for biocomputer-based computing and biocomputing is used for bioinformatics.