Watson
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Companies

  • AS Watson, retail division of Hutchison Whampoa
  • Watson Pharmaceuticals
    Watson Pharmaceuticals
    Watson Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated is the 5th largest pharmaceutical company in the United States based on number of prescriptions dispensed...

    , a pharmaceutical company
  • Thomas J. Watson Research Center
    Thomas J. Watson Research Center
    The Thomas J. Watson Research Center is the headquarters for the IBM Research Division.The center is on three sites, with the main laboratory in Yorktown Heights, New York, 38 miles north of New York City, a building in Hawthorne, New York, and offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts.- Overview :The...

    , IBM research center
  • Watson Systems
    Watson Systems
    Watson Systems AG, established in Switzerland, produces talking shopping trolleys. The company developed and produced a worldwide unique database- and Internet-based audio advertising system for selling markets and shopping centres.-External links:** *...

    , maker of shopping trolleys

Computing

  • Watson (computer), IBM supercomputer which plays Jeopardy!
  • Dr. Watson %28debugger%29, the internal debugger for the Windows platform
  • Intellext Watson
    Intellext Watson
    Watson is a software program for Microsoft Windows released by Intellext in 2005, which reads what the user is working on and uses pattern recognition to proactively find relevant documents for the user...

    , an application for the Windows platform
  • Karelia Watson
    Karelia Watson
    Watson is a software program released by Karelia Software for the Apple Macintosh on November 27, 2001, which provided Internet content through a familiar Mac OS X-like interface through the use of plug-ins....

    , an application for the Macintosh platform

People

See: Watson (surname)
Watson (surname)
Watson is a patronymic surname of English and Scottish origin. Meaning "son of Walter", the popular Middle English given names Wat or Watt were pet forms of the name Walter. Watson is the 36th-most common surname in the United Kingdom.-A:* A. J...


Fictional
  • Doctor Watson, a character in Sherlock Holmes stories
  • Mary Jane Watson
    Mary Jane Watson
    Mary Jane Watson, often shortened to MJ, is a fictional supporting character appearing, originally, in Marvel comic books and, later, in multiple spin-offs and dramatizations of the Spider-Man titles as the best friend, love interest, and one-time wife of Peter Parker, the alter ego of Spider-Man...

    , a Spider-Man character

Places

Australia
  • Watson, Australian Capital Territory
    Watson, Australian Capital Territory
    Watson is a suburb of Canberra, Australia in the North Canberra district. Watson is named after the third Prime Minister of Australia, John Christian Watson. The suburb name was gazetted on 7 April 1960. Streets in Watson are named after Australian judges and other legal professionals...

    • Division of Watson
      Division of Watson
      The Division of Watson is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the southern suburbs of Sydney, and includes the suburbs of Belfield, Belmore, Burwood Heights, Campsie, Chullora, Clemton Park, Enfield, Greenacre, Lakemba, Mount Lewis, Roselands,...

      , an electoral district of the Australian House of Representatives
  • Watson, South Australia


Canada
  • Watson, Saskatchewan
    Watson, Saskatchewan
    -History:Settlers began arriving in the early 1900s, many of them German American Catholics. The first post office in the area was established on April 1, 1904 and named named Vossen after its postmaster, Frank J. Vossen Jr. It was changed to Watson on May 1, 1906, in advance of the village's...

  • Watson Lake, Yukon
    Watson Lake, Yukon
    Watson Lake is a town at historical mile 635 on the Alaska Highway in the southeastern Yukon close to the British Columbia border. Population in December 2004 was 1,547 ....



United States
  • Watson, Alabama
    Watson, Alabama
    Watson is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama. The community is bordered by Brookside on the north and west, by Birmingham and Gardendale on the east, and by Birmingham on the south....

  • Watson, Arkansas
    Watson, Arkansas
    Watson is a city in Desha County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 211 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Watson is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

  • Watson Island (Miami), Florida
  • Watson, Illinois
    Watson, Illinois
    Watson is a village in Effingham County, Illinois, United States. The population was 729 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Watson is located at ....

  • Watson, Indiana
    Watson, Indiana
    Watson is an unincorporated town in Utica Township, Clark County, Indiana....

  • Watson, Louisiana
    Watson, Louisiana
    Watson is an unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. The town is in the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

  • Watson, Minnesota
    Watson, Minnesota
    Watson is a city in Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 205 at the 2010 census. Lac Qui Parle State Park is nearby.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.U.S...

  • Watson, Missouri
    Watson, Missouri
    Watson is a village in Nishnabotna Township, Atchison County, Missouri, United States. The population was 100 at the 2010 census. It is the westernmost settlement in the state of Missouri.-Geography:Watson is located at ....

  • Watson, New York
    Watson, New York
    Watson is a town in Lewis County, New York, United States. The population was 1,987 at the 2000 census. The town is named after early landowner James Watson....

  • Watson, Oklahoma
    Watson, Oklahoma
    Watson is an unincorporated community in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located along State Highway 4 in northeastern McCurtain County. Although it is unincorporated, Watson has a post office, which was established on January 25, 1908. It remains operational and uses the ZIP code...

  • Watson, South Carolina
  • Watson House (Chincoteague Island, Virginia)
    Watson House (Chincoteague Island, Virginia)
    The Watson House is a historic U.S. home located at 4240 Main Street, Chincoteague, Virginia. The house represents a notable example of the Chincoteague architectural style. The Watson family lived in Chincoteague for many generations and Robert Watson and his son David Robert Watson built this...


Other

  • Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship
    Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship
    The Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship is a competitive academic grant made each year to fifteen undergraduates nominated by 10 affiliated New York City colleges which provides successive summer internships for three years, stipends, mentoring, and seminars. The fellowship is a program of the Thomas J....

    , internship grant
  • Thomas J. Watson Fellowship
    Thomas J. Watson Fellowship
    The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship is a grant that enables graduating seniors to pursue a year of independent study outside the United States. The Fellowship Program was established by the children of Thomas J. Watson, the founder of IBM....

    , travel grant
  • The Watson Twins
    The Watson Twins
    The Watson Twins are an American musical group based in Los Angeles with alternative country and indie folk influences. They are identical twin sisters named Chandra and Leigh Watson....

    , an indie country-rock group
  • George Watson's College
    George Watson's College
    George Watson's College, known informally as Watson's, is a co-educational independent day school in Scotland, situated on Colinton Road, in the Merchiston area of Edinburgh. It was first established as a hospital school in 1741, became a day school in 1871 and was merged with its sister school...

    , a school in Edinburgh, Scotland
  • USS Watson (DD-482)
    USS Watson (DD-482)
    USS Watson was a United States Navy destroyer which was never laid down, her construction contract being cancelled in 1946.Watson was planned as a modified Fletcher-class destroyer to be built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Kearny, New Jersey. She was to be powered by an...

    , a proposed United States Navy destroyer canceled in 1946
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