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There are two versions of the Entrez system—one that uses an application that runs locally on the
user's workstation, called Networked Entrez, and one that is accessible through a Web browser (see
Figure 4-3 ). Networked Entrez communicates directly to the NCBI's dispatcher through a client-server
connection. Each version provides the same core functionality—that of providing a single interface
through which all databases in the Entrez suite of databases can be accessed. However, because the
Networked Entrez can make use of local computing power, it can execute much faster than the
browser-based version. In addition, it provides a more flexible user interface with multiple windows
and graphical viewers for genome sequences and 3D protein structures.
Figure 4-3. Home Page of the Web Version of Entrez.
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