Editing Wolfram Research (section)

==History==
The company launched [[Wolfram Alpha]], an [[answer engine]] on May 16, 2009. It brings a new approach to knowledge generation and acquisition that involves large amounts of [[digital curation|curated]] computable data in addition to semantic indexing of text.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/mar/09/search-engine-google |title=British search engine 'could rival Google' |last=Johnson |first=Bobbie |date=2009-03-09 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=2009-03-09 |location=London}}
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Wolfram Research acquired MathCore Engineering AB on March 30, 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/03/30/wolfram-research-acquires-modeling-and-simulation-software-developer-mathcore/|title=Wolfram Research Acquires Modeling And Simulation Software Developer MathCore|last=Rao|first=Leena|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2017-11-14|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://blog.wolfram.com/2011/03/30/launching-a-new-era-in-large-scale-systems-modeling/|title=Launching a New Era in Large-Scale Systems Modeling|last=Wolfram|first=Stephen|journal=Stephen Wolfram Writings |date=30 March 2011 }}</ref>

On July 21, 2011, Wolfram Research launched the [[Computable Document Format]] (CDF). CDF is an electronic document format<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8561619/Wolfram-Alpha-creator-plans-to-delete-the-PDF.html Wolfram Alpha Creator plans to delete the PDF] The Telegraph (UK)</ref> designed to allow easy authoring<ref>[https://www.pcworld.com/article/236202/wolfram_makes_data_interactive.html Wolfram makes data interactive] PC World</ref> of dynamically generated interactive content.

In June 2014, Wolfram Research officially introduced the [[Wolfram Language]] as a new general multi-paradigm programming language.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://reference.wolfram.com/language/ |title=Wolfram Language reference page |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=reference.wolfram.com |access-date=2014-05-14 }}</ref> It is the primary programming language used in [[Mathematica]].<ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/03/stephen_wolfram_s_new_programming_language_can_he_make_the_world_computable.html Slate's article Stephen Wolfram's New Programming Language: He Can Make The World Computable, March 6, 2014. Retrieved on 2014-05-14.]</ref>

On April 15, 2020, Wolfram Research received $5,575,000 to help pay its employees during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] as part of the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government]]'s [[Paycheck Protection Program]] administered by the [[Small Business Administration]]. The loan was forgiven.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wolfram Research, Inc in Champaign, IL - SBA PPP Loan Data (Paycheck Protection Program)|url=https://www.federalpay.org/paycheck-protection-program/wolfram-research-inc-champaign-il|access-date=2021-03-17|website=www.federalpay.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Willis |first=Moiz Syed, Derek |date=2020-07-07 |title=WOLFRAM RESEARCH, INC. - Tracking PPP |url=https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/bailouts/loans/wolfram-research-inc-9702387107 |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=ProPublica |language=en}}</ref>