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

And so that is still at the very beginning, the next frontier for us in AI, is what’s called the scale-up piece of the network as fiber replaces copper, fiber optics photons replace electrons, deeper and deeper in those GPU neural networks. —Fortune Editors, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025

Adding neural networks and other AI technology such as digital twins (digital models of real objects, places or people that can be used to simulate responses to a variety of conditions) allowed Kovatchev to re-create CGM readouts from the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial, launched in 1993. —Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025

Even the algorithms — neural networks — were conceived decades ago. —Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2025

Future studies might use brain imaging to compare the neural networks of children with high screen use against those with limited exposure. —Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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