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The development of bioinformatics started with the networking of computers and accumulation of data on genes and proteins in biotechnology. This discipline is still young and may be traced back to the 1970s. when augmented DNA and rpotein sequencing became possible and biotechnologists started generating large amount of data on various parameters of genes and proteins. The discipline developed further during mid-1980s, when use of computers became very popular for data storage and access by users, locally or remotely. It was this period when various tools to store, manage and access the information through computers were developed. The use of computers in biomedical sciences grew exponentially after this period when researches started relying on them for experimental data recording analyszing, storing, brewing, technical literature and modelling of proteins and genes. About Author : Dr. Irfan Ali Khan obtained his M.Sc. from the Aligarh Muslim University and Ph.,d. in Botany from the Osmania University, Hyderabad, specializing in Genetics and Plant Breeding. Dr. Khan is the Director of Nawab Shah Alam Khan Centre for Post Graduate Studies and Research Anwarul Uloom College Campus, Mallepally, Hyderabad. He teaches Post graduate students and guides research scholars at this centre. He has published 131 research papers in the reputed National and International Journals and is now on the panel of experts on mungbean for all countries of the South East Asia an dthe Middle East. Dr. Atiya Khanum obtained her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Botany from the Osmania University, Hyderabad, dr. Khanum has worked on the ecology of two lakes of Hyderabad with special reference to Planktonic and Mat forming algal communities. She is sassociate Professor and Head of the P.G. Department of Botany, Nawab Shah Alam Khan Centre for Post Graduate Studies and Research, Anwarul Uloom College Campus, Mallepally, Hyderabad. Contents : Preface Acknowledgements Editors Contributors Java Programming Networking Cocnepts Introducing Internet to Biologist Bioinformatics: A Prophet of Plenty Databases some background Information DNA: Chip Database of Gene Expression Pathway Databases An Introduction Finding Sequence Record for a Gene Seqeunce Alignment Protein Engineering Remote Sensing Using Blast for Smiliarity Searching Aspects of Advanced Protein Engineering An Encyclopaedia of Bioinformatics web resource in 2 Vols. Electronic Information Resources and Bibliographic Management Tracing the development of various important molecular visualization Techniques