Table 3 Input data
From: A highly parallel strategy for storage of digital information in living cells
| Input data | Explanation | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Cat.jpg | Color photo in jpeg format, scaled down to 300 × 200 pixels | Example of real world data |
| Flat file | A text file containing a string of 10,340 zeros | Demonstrate performance when given extremely repetitive data |
| Random data | 10 kb of random data obtained from /dev/urandom on a Linux computer | Demonstrate performance when given data without any statistical bias |
| Centromere |
Part of centromeric sequence from human chromosome I, retrieved from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_000001.11?report=fasta&log$=seqview&format=text&from=11000&to=22000 | Real-world example of repetitive information |
| Cat-big.jpg | Higher resolution (1125 × 750 pixels) version of Cat.jpg | Example of larger (100 kB) input file |