Computer Figure Out the meaning of words

The internet got smarter last month with the release of a semantic map that teaches computers the meanings behind words and gives the machines a vocabulary far larger than that of a typical US college graduate.

Cognition Technologies began licensing the map of software creators interested in having programs "understand" words based on tenses and sentence context in much the same way as the human brain does.The semantic map is reportedly the world's largest, and gives computers a vocabulary more than 10 times as extensive as that of typical US college graduate.

The coming third generation of life online is predicted to feature intuitive artificial intelligence applications that work swiftly across broadband internet connections.When applied to internet searches,semantic technology delivers results oriented or what people seem to be seeking instead of simply matching the words used to online content.

Cogniton's semantic map is already used in a LexisNexis Concordance "e-discovery"software to sift through documents amassed during evidence phases of trials.Cognition's Caselaw program uses the technology to mine more than a half-century of US federal court decisions for legal prcedents,according to the company.

The semantic map is also employed in a widely-used medical database.Cognition says it has also "semantically enabled" globally popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia.A web 3.0 target is to develop artificial intelligence "agents" that mine mountains of information on the internet for material that suit the interests of the people they serve.