neural net

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neural network

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A device or software program in which many interconnected elements process information simultaneously, adapting and learning from past patterns. Neural networks are often used to model the human brain.

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Noun	1.	neural net - computer architecture in which processors are connected in a manner suggestive of connections between neurons; can learn by trial and error neural network 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 net - any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body neural network 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

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