Origin for Windows

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Origin is an open-source software development platform for web content delivery. For the web content delivery platform, view Origin (free service). Origin is a free web application for interactive online scientific graphing. Origin supports a wide range of scientific visualization tools for both desktop and Internet-connected computers. It also includes a library of over 50 different scientific visualization packages, along with easy to use installation and configuration options for both Windows and Linux operating systems.

Origin was developed by NASA as an alternative to Microsoft Office and integrates well with the popular Excel template format used in PowerPoint presentations. Workbooks in Origin can be customized using a variety of features, and there are a number of wizards that help with the basics of data analysis or graphing. One of the most useful features of Origin is project explorer. Project explorer allows users to group related graphs into one place, and drag and drop items from files on your computer, such as photographs or scanned documents, into Origin to share with other users. Other tools include the ability to upload images from your computer, review figures from scientists' work or other data sets, and create tables from Microsoft Office data.

Origin offers more advanced features in its free web application, including data analysis software for R and Python programming. You can also use Origin to process data from scientific databases, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's GenFate database. This database stores millions of health and disease records, which you can analyze with Origin. The data can be sorted to show the relationship between variables, and relationships can be drawn directly from the Origin charting wizard.