Glossary

Bioinformatics:	The field of science in which biology, computer science, and information technology merge into a single discipline.There are three important sub-disciplines within bioinformatics: (1) the development of new algorithms and statistics with which to assess relationships among members of large data sets; (2) the analysis and interpretation of various types of data including nucleotide and amino acid sequences, protein domains, and protein structures; and (3) the development and implementation of tools that enable efficient access and management of different types of information.
Bioinformation Infrastructure:	Comprises the entire collective of information management systems, analysis tools, and communication networks supporting biology.
Computational Biology:	Encompasses the use of algorithmic tools to facilitate biological analyses.
Genomics:	The study of genes and their function.
Metabonomics:	The study of the total metabolite pool.
Proteomics:	The study of the full set of proteins encoded by a genome.
Toxicogenomics:	The use of "omic" technology (technology involving genomics, proteomics, or metabonomics) to study toxicological questions.