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=5. Queue=
All BLAST jobs created within the CrocoBLAST environment are included in a list, which we further refer to as ''queue''. The concept of ''queue'' is useful because it allows you to plan your work in advance and manage your jobs as you need. While CrocoBLAST only runs one ''job'' at a time, all your interaction with the created jobs will be via the ''queue''. For example, you may pause one job to obtain the partial alignment results, and start another job while you analyze the partial results of the original job. This enables you to retain the settings and progress of the original job, which you may later choose to resume.
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'''<small style="font-size:200%;">III) Using CrocoBLAST (Graphical Interface)</small>'''<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
CrocoBLAST is built to help you plan your BLAST jobs and run them efficiently. CrocoBLAST operates with the concept of ''queue'', which is basically a list of BLAST jobs scheduled to run. Thus, you can plan several BLAST jobs and let CrocoBLAST manage their execution for you.

All CrocoBLAST functionality is available via the command line utility and the graphical user interface. In fact, the graphical user interface does precisely what its name suggests: it provides an interface for the command line utility. In a nutshell, while you can interact with CrocoBLAST via simple commands, you may also use the interface to generate the commands or read the output of such commands.

The following guide contains step-by-step instructions for using CrocoBLAST with the '''graphical user interface (GUI)'''.