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A fast constructor of the compressed de Bruijn graph from many genomes
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meaning of software name #24

Open ekg opened 4 years ago

ekg commented 4 years ago

Does TwoPaCo stand for "Two Path Compaction"?

This is for a paper where we're trying to provide full names for acronyms and compressed program names to make the jargon less intense.

rob-p commented 4 years ago

I thought it was TWO PAss COnstruction (becauses it uses a two pass, or multi-pass, construction algorithm).

iminkin commented 4 years ago

Hi Erik,

Thanks for reaching out.

I thought it was TWO PAss COnstruction (becauses it uses a two pass, or multi-pass, construction algorithm).

Almost! It is TWO PAss COmpaction :)

rob-p commented 4 years ago

It's a hybrid! Good to know :).