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It is interesting how profession changes perception of the language. I work as a software engineer and "modify DNA" sounds as a more natural description of the
by TrainedMonkey 13y ago
It is interesting how profession changes perception of the language. I work as a software engineer and "modify DNA" sounds as a more natural description of the process to me. I am speaking in context of taking existing DNA and using a technique to identify specific locations in order to change them. In other words there is no "redo" if you get something wrong. In news world editing is much more natural and encompassing term.
- rflrob 13y agoI think "edit" is appropriate, since you aren't just randomly modifying the DNA, but modifying the DNA at a specific location in order to introduce a specific modification. Furthermore, in biology we usually use "modify" to mean more exotic changes, such as adding specific chemical groups to the DNA (e.g. methylation) that change how cells interpret the sequence.
- fzltrp 13y agoSoftware engineers often use the word "update" for operations of that kind on databases, as part of the so called "crud" operations (Create Read Update Delete), which represent the fundamental operations one could apply. I agree with you that "edit" sounds good (and "cred" perhaps better than "crud"), though it sounds a bit more like an ongoing action rather than an atomic operation to me (personal bias I suppose).