The natural language processing



Example: Natural language processing enables machines to understand human language

Definition


"Natural language processing" refers to the branch of artificial intelligence that focuses on enabling computers to interpret, understand, and generate human language in a meaningful way. It combines linguistics, computer science, and machine learning to facilitate communication between humans and machines.

Etymology


The term "natural language processing" originated in the mid-20th century as researchers aimed to develop methods for computers to handle natural human languages, as opposed to artificial programming languages. "Natural language" emphasizes human speech and writing, while "processing" reflects the computational manipulation of this data.

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"The natural language processing" appears in the Vocaplus list "English - Data & AI - (A1-C2) - set 1", containing 110 commonly used words.
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