natural language processing

[ nach-er-uhl lang-gwij pros-es-ing, nach-ruhl ]

noun

, Computers.

1. the application of machine learning algorithms to the analysis, understanding, and manipulation of written or spoken examples of human language. : NLP

Word History and Origins

Origin of natural language processing¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

The improved PAA box and autosuggest features are two more examples of AI being applied to natural language processing and understanding on the search results page.

From Search Engine Land

Compared with older so-called natural language processing technologies, these newer systems improve on the pattern recognition attributes typically associated with human thought.

From Fortune

Last week, I wrote about recent breakthroughs in natural language processing.

From Fortune

In the last decade, the academic fields of machine learning and natural language processing have made great strides.

From Search Engine Watch

OpenAI, for instance, recently pulled back the curtains on a massive new machine learning algorithm for natural language processing called GPT-3.

From Singularity Hub 

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