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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
(IE 7+; Firefox 3+; Safari 3+; Opera 9+; etc.)
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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in California1, 3, 6, 7, 6, … find the 23rd termFind the next prime of 6193213123
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