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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These activities can effectively stimulate your brain and promote an active neural network.
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Mill Etienne, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
From there, neural networks took off, powered by the vast amounts of free training data now available on the Internet and GPUs that deliver unprecedented compute power.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2024
So this methodology helps keep track of what’s happening inside a system – not just something like a spring, but maybe a neural network…
Emerging Neurological Patterns
Rusch continued to talk about how these systems mimic the human brain.
—John Werner, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Now, new automatic detection algorithms based on convolutional neural networks can race through thousands of hours of recordings, picking out the animal sounds and clustering them into different types, according to their natural acoustic characteristics.
—Arik Kershenbaum, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
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Mill Etienne, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
From there, neural networks took off, powered by the vast amounts of free training data now available on the Internet and GPUs that deliver unprecedented compute power.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2024
So this methodology helps keep track of what’s happening inside a system – not just something like a spring, but maybe a neural network…
Emerging Neurological Patterns
Rusch continued to talk about how these systems mimic the human brain.
—John Werner, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Now, new automatic detection algorithms based on convolutional neural networks can race through thousands of hours of recordings, picking out the animal sounds and clustering them into different types, according to their natural acoustic characteristics.
—Arik Kershenbaum, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Neural network.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neural%20network. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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