BLAST

Summary

BLAST is a bioinformatics software^[1]. BLAST draws 248 Wikipedia views per month (bioinformatics_software category, ranking #1 of 2).^[2]

Key Facts

• BLAST's image is recorded as CCDC132 Blast Results.png^[3].
• BLAST's instance of is recorded as bioinformatics software^[4].
• BLAST's developer is recorded as Stephen Altschul^[5].
• BLAST's developer is recorded as Warren Gish^[6].
• BLAST's developer is recorded as Webb Miller^[7].
• BLAST's developer is recorded as Eugene Myers^[8].
• BLAST's developer is recorded as David J. Lipman^[9].
• BLAST's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2004036006^[10].
• BLAST's programmed in is recorded as Q2407^[11].
• BLAST's programmed in is recorded as Q15777^[12].
• BLAST's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system^[13].
• BLAST's operating system is recorded as Linux^[14].
• BLAST's operating system is recorded as macOS^[15].
• BLAST's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows^[16].
• BLAST's software version identifier is recorded as 2.4.0^[17].
• BLAST's software version identifier is recorded as 2.9.0^[18].
• BLAST's has use is recorded as science^[19].
• BLAST's has use is recorded as bioinformatics^[20].
• BLAST's has use is recorded as multiple sequence alignment^[21].
• BLAST's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01_qt5^[22].
• BLAST's official website is recorded as http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/^[23].
• BLAST's readable file format is recorded as XML BLAST Output^[24].
• BLAST's writable file format is recorded as XML BLAST Output^[25].
• BLAST's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/BLAST-computer-program^[26].
• BLAST's different from is recorded as BLAST algorithm^[27].

Why It Matters

BLAST draws 248 Wikipedia views per month (bioinformatics_software category, ranking #1 of 2).^[2] BLAST has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] BLAST is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]