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, because this is central to training large neural networks, people have put a lot of work into optimizing the performance of gradient descent on GPUs. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026

These systems, which are based on mathematical structures called neural networks, excel at cognitive tasks that until recently seemed exclusive to humans. — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026

Odrzywołek also suggested another application in the field of neural networks. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026

These functions involve both AI tools and conventional software; for example, standard OCR software extracts the text and a small neural network identifies how each document is structured. — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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