Bioinformatics is the application of computer science and technology to the management of biological data. It encompasses a wide range of topics, from the identification and analysis of genes and their functions to the prediction of protein structures and the study of evolutionary relationships.
Bioinformatics has become an essential tool in many areas of biology, including genomics, proteomics, drug discovery, and systems biology. It has also led to new ways of thinking about biology, such as the application of network theory to the study of biological systems.