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 patterning is stored in a large-scale data structure loosely based on aspects of human wetware (vaguely like our brains), implemented as an artificial neural network (ANN). — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Target workloads for the new 100+ qubit systems include quantum convolutional neural networks (QCNN), complex material research, variational algorithms, and quantum chemistry simulations. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026

Whitelam showed that the resulting dynamics followed a path that dissipated the minimal amount of heat — by a rough comparison, about 100 billion times less than would be produced if the same task were performed by a digital neural network. — Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026

Samsung 75-Inch Class M80H Series 4K Smart TV The Samsung 75M80H completely transforms high-speed media tracking by combining dense mini-LED backlighting arrays with an NQ4 AI Gen2 processor holding 20 neural networks. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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