Watson may refer to:

Companies

Actavis Actavis Generics (formerly known as Watson Pharmaceuticals and Actavis plc, prior to the acquisition of Irish-based Allergan, Inc., Allergan Inc) is a global pharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing, manufacturing and marketing bran ...

, a pharmaceutical company formerly known as Watson Pharmaceuticals * A.S. Watson Group, retail division of Hutchison Whampoa *

Thomas J. Watson Research Center The Thomas J. Watson Research Center is the headquarters for IBM Research. The center comprises three sites, with its main laboratory in Yorktown Heights, New York, U.S., 38 miles (61 km) north of New York City, Albany, New York and with ...

, IBM research center *

Watson Systems Watson Systems AG, established in Switzerland, founded by media developer and investor Norbert Schulz, Hamburg, produces "talking" shopping carts. The company developed and produced a worldwide database- and Internet-based audio advertising system ...

, maker of shopping trolleys *

A. J. Watson A. J. Watson (May 8, 1924 – May 12, 2014) was a car builder and chief mechanic from 1949 through 1984 in the Indianapolis 500, winning the race six times as a car builder. Rodger Ward won 18 races driving Watson cars. A native of southern Cal ...

, IndyCar roadster chassis constructor *

Watsons Water Watsons Water () is a producer and distributor of bottled distilled water based in Tai Po Industrial Estate New Territories East Hong Kong. The company has production plants in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Their product is co ...

, a bottled water company in Hong Kong

Computing

Watson (computer) IBM Watson is a question answering, question-answering computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language, developed in IBM's DeepQA project by a research team led by principal investigator David Ferrucci. Watson was named a ...

, an IBM supercomputer which won the game show ''Jeopardy!'' * Dr. Watson (debugger), the internal debugger for the Windows platform * Intellext Watson, an application for the Windows platform * Karelia Watson, an application for the Macintosh platform

Name

*Watson (surname) *Watson (given name)

Fictional characters

* Dr. Watson, a character in ''Sherlock Holmes'' stories * Mary Jane Watson, a Spider-Man character * Esme Watson, a character in Australian television program ''A Country Practice''

Places

;Antarctica * Watson Peninsula, South Orkney Islands ;Australia * Watson, Australian Capital Territory ** Division of Watson, an electoral district of the Australian House of Representatives * Watson, South Australia, a stop on the Trans-Australian Railway * Watson Island (Queensland), an island in Howick Group National Park, Queensland, Australia ;Canada * Watson, Saskatchewan * Watson Island (British Columbia), an island in the Queen Charlotte Strait in British Columbia, Canada * Watson Lake, Yukon ;United States * Watson, Alabama * Watson, Arkansas * Watson Island, a neighborhood in Miami, Florida * Watson, Illinois * Watson, Indiana * Watson, Iowa * Watson, Louisiana * Watson, Minnesota * Watson, Missouri * Watson, New York * Watson, Ohio * Watson, Oklahoma * Watson, Virginia * Watson, West Virginia * Watson House (Chincoteague Island, Virginia) *Watson Township (disambiguation)

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