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What is Wolfram AlphaA computational knowledge engineGenerates output by doing computations

from its own internal knowledge baseDoes not search the webAnswers not in terms of linksWorks under all standard modern browsers

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Some FactsPet project of physicist Stephen Wolfram of

Wolfram ResearchReleased May 200910+ trillion pieces of data50,000+ types of algorithmsRunning on supercomputer-class compute

clusters Internal database expanding

Connection to MathematicaAbout 5 millions Mathematica codes“The World's Most Powerful Global

Computing Environment” $2495

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