neural network
Americannoun
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any group of neurons that conduct impulses in a coordinated manner, as the assemblages of brain cells that record a visual stimulus.
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Also called neural net. Computers. a hardware or software system in which weighted connections between data nodes are refined to produce increasingly accurate results in information processing, as in pattern recognition or problem solving, with the goal of algorithmic computing that requires minimal human intervention.
noun
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an interconnected system of neurons, as in the brain or other parts of the nervous system
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Also called: neural net. an analogous network of electronic components, esp one in a computer designed to mimic the operation of the human brain
Etymology
Origin of neural network
First recorded in 1985–90
Example Sentences
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A major turning point for Hugging Face came in 2018, when Google released a new version of its transformer, the neural network technology at the heart of modern generative AI models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Each cell can operate as a sophisticated computing unit in its own right, with computational abilities comparable to those of a deep neural network.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Instead of training a neural network entirely on the most complex and computationally costly simulations, the team first trained it on simpler simulations based on ΛCDM.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026
And in 2024 researchers at Harvard University developed a neural network model called TxGNN to surface existing drugs which could be used to treat rare conditions.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
And these technological therapies would have to be constructed, she said, so that they don’t invite their own side effects, like, say, overbuilding one neural network.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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