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Technique(s) by which the sequence of DNA is obtained. The principles are similar for RNA-sequencing.

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What is the difference between sequence, reads, and contigs of genetic material?

My understanding of those three words as follows: sequence is a generic name describing order of biological letters (DNA/RNA or amino acids). Both contigs and reads are DNA/RNA or aa sequences read …
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