neural network

noun

: a computer architecture in which a number of processors are interconnected in a manner suggestive of the connections between neurons in a human brain and which is able to learn by a process of trial and error

called also neural net

Examples of neural network in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web With enough data and computing power, neural networks learn—nobody knows exactly how—to speak, do arithmetic, recognize concepts, and make logical connections. Billy Perrigo/san Francisco, TIME, 30 May 2024 Tesla’s fleet of hundreds of thousands of vehicles constantly feed data to the company’s neural networks so that its FSD software can learn to drive more like humans do. David Meyer, Fortune, 29 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for neural network 

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Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of neural network was in 1947

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“Neural network.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neural%20network. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.

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