neural network (redirected from Distributed representation)

neural network also neural net

n.

A real or virtual device, modeled after the human brain, in which several interconnected elements process information simultaneously, adapting and learning from past patterns.

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neural network

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) an interconnected system of neurons, as in the brain or other parts of the nervous system

2. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Also called neural net an analogous network of electronic components, esp one in a computer designed to mimic the operation of the human brain

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neural, neural network - Neural comes from Greek neuron, "nerve"; neural network can now refer to computer architecture in which processors are connected in a manner suggestive of connections between neurons.

See also related terms for network.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	neural network - computer architecture in which processors are connected in a manner suggestive of connections between neurons; can learn by trial and error neural net computer architecture - the art of assembling logical elements into a computing device; the specification of the relation between parts of a computer system
	2.	neural network - any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body neural net nervous system, systema nervosum - the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells reticulum - any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels) reticular formation, RF - a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone RAS, reticular activating system - the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function

Translations

neural network

n (Anat) → Nervennetzwerk nt; (Comput) → neurales Netz