"Deep Thought" was the name of a computer in Douglas Adams' humorous science fiction novel "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe". In this sequel to his cult classic, "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy", it is revealed that "Deep Thought" was built to answer the ultimate question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. After 7.5 million years of computation, Deep Thought revealed the answer to be 42. "Deep Thought" was also the name of a state-of-the-art chess computer built by IBM to challenge chess grand masters to human versus computer contests. Presumably this version was named after that of Adams. |
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