Wolfram|Alpha: Simple and Not So Simple Computations in One Click
Jinfo Article
4th July 2010
Abstract
Wolfram|Alpha offers a useful alternative to the more popular search engines in that it can be used in computations. It accepts free-form linguistic queries, which can take some time to get right, but when you do it returns the exact result desired without the need to click additional links.
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