IBM Global Name Reference Encyclopedia

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IBM Global Name Reference Encyclopedia is an interactive database of names.

This product has global linguistic expertise for name processing and contains culture-specific information about names, their use and their meanings.

• Contains culture-specific information about names, their use, meanings, and patterns of spelling variations
• Leverages a vast store of cultural and linguistic knowledge from your desktop, laptop or handheld
• Automatically analyzes each name to show cultural or ethnic classification, most prominent spelling variants, gender associations, and peripheral elements
• Includes information and analyses for names from around the world

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Product line overview Global Name Recognition Provides multi-cultural name recognition software solutions for mission critical applications

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