This introduction to the basis of bioinformatics (for UNCW's ACM on 4/8/10) highlights the informational aspects of life that are usually overlooked or ignored in chemical and biological evolutionary scenarios. Each cell of an organism has millions of interacting computers reading and processing digital information using algorithmic digital programs and digital codes to communicate and translate information. Life is an intersection of natural science and information science (speaker has Ph.D.s in each field) and both domains are critical for any life to exist. PDF available via scienceintegrity.net/Presentations.aspx link.