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

The good news is that the neural networks processing multi-sensor inputs are improving faster than the failure points of any single sensor type are being resolved. —David Risher, Fortune, 22 June 2026

Tau pathology spreads through vulnerable neural networks. —Elizabeth Bevins, STAT, 16 June 2026

The model is assigned some structure—like a neural network—giving us a number of knobs that can be independently tweaked to fine-tune the algorithm’s behavior. —ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026

In tests conducted at the Dutch drone research facility Unmanned Valley, the drone traveled more than 600 m before successfully returning home, using a neural network that required only 42 KB of memory, about the size of a WhatsApp sticker! —New Atlas, 8 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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