Computer Science Illuminated Chapter 14 Key Terms Flashcards

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Computational Biology
An interdisciplinary field that applies techniques of computer science, applied mathematics, and statistics to problems in biology
Computer Gaming
A computer simulation of virtual world
Game Engine
A software system within which computer games are created
Game Play
The type of interactions and experiences a player has during the game
Model
An abstraction of a real system; a representation of objects within a system and the rules that govern the behavior of the objects
Simulation
Developing a model of a complex system and experimenting with the model to observe the results
Queuing System
A discrete-event model that uses random numbers to represent the arrival and duration of events
Bioinformatics
The application of information technology to molecular biology. It involves the acquisition, storage,manipulation, analyses, visualization, and sharing of biological information on computers and computer networks
Computational Biomodeling
the building of computational models of biological systems
Computational Genomics
The deciphering of genome sequences
Molecular Modeling
The modeling of molecules
Protein Structure Prediction
The attempt to produce models of three-dimensional protein structures that have yet to be found experimentally