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

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Those runs can last for months, with chips running day and night to mold a neural network based on connections within a vast corpus of data. Billy Perrigo, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025 Understand Algorithms And Neural Networks Understanding algorithms and neural networks will give you an advantage. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025 The new design is a simple all-optical version of a type of circuit known as a recurrent neural network. The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025 One promising approach is to study how impossible language learning depends on the details of neural network design. Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for neural network 

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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 30 Jan. 2025.

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