Wolfram Alpha is a natural search engine, which filters information and data stored in its own vast databases to answer specific search queries, such as the GDP of Mexico, or a list of English counties. The aim is to return a single search result with the right answer, rather than a list of thousands of web pages which may or may not contain the information needed, as is the case with other search engines, like Yahoo! and Google.
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