A machine that processes data. Essentially, all computers are machines that process data by calculating, comparing and copying the data. See data processing and 3 C's. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL ...

A programming language structure wherein the data and their associated processing ("methods") are defined as self-contained entities called "objects." Becoming popular in the early 1990s and the norm ...

The goal of systems biology is to decipher complex and interdependent biochemical processes to understand how a biological system operates on a mechanistic level and how it reacts to external factors ...