neural computer

American  

noun

1. a computer or a software program that uses a neural network simulating the human brain and can be trained to perform specific tasks, as pattern recognition.

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neural computer British  

noun

1. another name for neurocomputer

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Other Word Forms

• neural computing noun
• neurocomputing noun

Etymology

Origin of neural computer

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

The neural computer that sits behind his blue eyes manages somehow to start with that limited information from his senses and to end up making predictions about plant-eating titanosaurs.

From Scientific American • Mar. 8, 2018

He characterizes those who lack empathy as having "a chip in their neural computer missing."

From Slate • Sep. 30, 2011