Watson can analyze the meaning and context of human language, and quickly process vast amounts of information.

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We live and work in a world that is drowning in information, but lacking in meaning and context.

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Watson's ability to analyze the meaning and context of human language and quickly process information to piece together evidence for answers can help healthcare decision makers, such as clinicians, nurses and medical students, unlock important knowledge and facts buried within huge volumes of information.

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As a result, one must get the full e-mail thread going back to its origination to report accurately and fairly the context and meaning of each e-mail.

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They help provide meaning, context and longitudinal understanding of behavior but they are not surrogates for listening.

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It's about taking information that is lacking in context, lacking in meaning and figuring out a way to transform it so that it makes sense in the light of all the other things that you have floating around in your mind.

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But "just browsing" has taken on a different meaning in the context of shoppers who go home and use their computers' browsers to find online retailers who will undercut the conventional stores.

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But Pittman, chief executive at a software startup called Groxis , has always had a problem with Google and other search engines like it: Your results come back without any meaning or context.

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