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Slava
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NGram Viewer

Postby Slava » Mon Sep 09, 2013 8:52 pm

Mentioned by but two of our members, but perhaps used by more.

Here is an article on what Google's NGram means, or doesn't:

http://www.slate.com/articles/technolog ... ingle.html
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Re: NGram Viewer

Postby Philip Hudson » Tue Sep 10, 2013 11:33 am

Thanks for the article reference Slava. I have lightly explored the web site and wonder at the massive computing power and data input volume it takes to create it. Is it a " a tale....full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing," or can I make practical use of it? My jury is still out.
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