20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the instructions for returning comprise instructions for returning the output such that a subset of the requirements or other attributes in the digested request for proposal that is of most importance to an issuer of the request for proposal will be displayed most prominently on a display unit.
19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, carry out a method for analyzing a request for proposal, the method implemented using the processor in conjunction with an associative memory including a plurality of data having a plurality of associations, wherein the plurality of data is collected into associated units of data, wherein the associative memory is configured to be queried based on at least one relationship selected from the group consisting of direct relationships and indirect relationships among the plurality of data, and wherein the associative memory further includes a content-addressable structure, and wherein the instructions comprise: instructions for providing the request for proposal to the associative memory in a format understandable to the associative memory; instructions for digesting, in the associative memory, the request for proposal such that the request for proposal is included within the plurality of data, wherein a digested request for proposal is formed; instructions for analyzing, using the processor in conjunction with the associative memory, the digested request for proposal by receiving a query comprising one or more terms and creating relationships among the plurality of data in the associative memory based on the query; instructions for returning, using the processor in conjunction with the associative memory, an output that includes requirements or other attributes presented in the digested request for proposal based on the query; instructions for comparing the digested request for proposal to a previously received second request for proposal to form a first comparison, and modifying the output based on the first comparison to form a first modified output; instructions for comparing the digested request for proposal to a previous response to the previously received second request for proposal to form a second comparison; and instructions for modifying the output based on the second comparison to form a second modified output.