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
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In 2017 scientists in Japan predicted that the classical nodes of the neural network could be replaced by a smaller number of qubits subject to quantum interference.
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Zeeya Merali, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
This provides the essential technological underpinnings, including the use of an artificial neural network (ANN).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Even the foundations of today’s artificial intelligence boom were laid by the NSF in the 1980s and 1990s, when neural networks were a backwater dismissed by mainstream computer science.
—Gautam Mukunda, Twin Cities, 14 May 2026
Its approach centered on using machine learning to train neural networks to learn and make decisions in ways that resemble human cognition, rather than programming actions and reactions individually or specializing software for specific tasks (such as playing chess or modeling climate systems).
—Alison Eldridge, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 May 2026
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Zeeya Merali, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
This provides the essential technological underpinnings, including the use of an artificial neural network (ANN).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Even the foundations of today’s artificial intelligence boom were laid by the NSF in the 1980s and 1990s, when neural networks were a backwater dismissed by mainstream computer science.
—Gautam Mukunda, Twin Cities, 14 May 2026
Its approach centered on using machine learning to train neural networks to learn and make decisions in ways that resemble human cognition, rather than programming actions and reactions individually or specializing software for specific tasks (such as playing chess or modeling climate systems).
—Alison Eldridge, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 May 2026
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“Neural network.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neural%20network. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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