Watson

Watson may refer to:

Companies

• Actavis, a pharmaceutical company formerly known as Watson Pharmaceuticals
• A.S. Watson Group, retail division of Hutchison Whampoa
• Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM research center
• Watson Systems, maker of shopping trolleys

Computing

• Watson (computer), an IBM supercomputer capable of answering questions posed in natural language
• 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

People

Fictional

• 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, Louisiana
• Watson, Minnesota
• Watson, Missouri
• Watson, New York
• Watson, Ohio
• Watson, Oklahoma
• Watson, West Virginia
• Watson Creek, a stream in Minnesota
• Watson House (Chincoteague Island, Virginia)

Other

• Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship, internship grant
• Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, travel grant
• The Watson Twins, an indie country-rock group
• George Watson's College, a school in Edinburgh, Scotland
• USS Watson (DD-482), a proposed United States Navy destroyer canceled in 1946