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

Li is famous for creating ImageNet, a vastly large dataset of images which provided the training data for large neural networks, which led to several major developments in AI. — Katie McQue, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026

Among them is the Wellcome Leap Quantum for Bio (Q4Bio) program, where Infleqtion pioneered and demonstrated on hardware a quantum neural network approach with training on GPU and inference on QPU for biomarker discovery. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

Google DeepMind’s AlphaQubit uses a neural network to identify errors in quantum processors. — Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Ramsey Cardy | Sportsfile | Getty Images Geoffrey Hinton, professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, is considered a pioneer of neural networks and deep learning. — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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