FASTA format

Summary

FASTA format is a file format^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of file_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (298 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• FASTA format's instance of is recorded as file format^[3].
• FASTA format's instance of is recorded as textual data format^[4].
• FASTA format's developer is recorded as David J. Lipman^[5].
• FASTA format's developer is recorded as William R. Pearson^[6].
• +1985-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of FASTA format^[7].
• FASTA format's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02d2bv^[8].
• FASTA format's described at URL is recorded as https://zhanggroup.org/FASTA/^[9].
• FASTA format's media type is recorded as text/plain^[10].
• FASTA format's media type is recorded as chemical/seq-aa-fasta^[11].
• FASTA format's media type is recorded as chemical/seq-na-fasta^[12].
• FASTA format's file extension is recorded as fasta^[13].
• FASTA format's file extension is recorded as fa^[14].
• FASTA format's manifestation of is recorded as nucleic acid sequence^[15].
• FASTA format's manifestation of is recorded as amino acid sequence^[16].
• FASTA format's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as FASTA_and_FASTQ^[17].
• FASTA format's Rosetta Code page ID is recorded as FASTA_format^[18].
• FASTA format's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 109915654^[19].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include file format^[3] and textual data format^[4].

History and Context

+1985-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of FASTA format^[7].

Why It Matters

FASTA format ranks in the top 8% of file_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (298 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]