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

Coincidentally, the [Wolfram] Mathematica computer program had just released a new framework for neural networks. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2026

The MicroBooNE experiment was among the first high-energy physics experiments to use deep neural networks to analyze images from a liquid-argon detector. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026

Sri Sarma of Johns Hopkins highlights how biological neural networks offer superior adaptability, efficiency, and resilience, unlike fragile digital systems. — John Werner, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

John, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, has spent the past five years working on a class of models called weightless neural networks. — Jackie Snow, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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