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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The team plans to refine its neural networks and improve sim-to-real transfer methods so that skills learned in simulation can be reliably applied in the field.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
But a neural network can be trepanned a few dozen times before lunch.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Plehn is also working to put neural networks on FPGAs for triggers, in collaboration with experimentalists, electrical engineers, and other theorists.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
Given enough neurons, enough layers and enough data, a neural network can learn any mapping from inputs to outputs that can be described by a continuous function.
—Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
But a neural network can be trepanned a few dozen times before lunch.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Plehn is also working to put neural networks on FPGAs for triggers, in collaboration with experimentalists, electrical engineers, and other theorists.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
Given enough neurons, enough layers and enough data, a neural network can learn any mapping from inputs to outputs that can be described by a continuous function.
—Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Neural network.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neural%20network. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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