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neural network

[noor-uhl net-wurk, nyoor-uhl] / ˈnʊr əl ˈnɛtˌwɜrk, ˈnyʊr əl /
NOUN
interconnected system
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The computational model of a neural network mimicked the owl’s auditory map—the flow of auditory information—which helped Rumelhart derive a theory about how the owl’s system developed and worked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

They are credited with proposing the first mathematical model of a neural network to explain how the brain’s biological connectivity produces complexity—thus leading to a computational theory of the mind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

To address this, the researchers used tensor-polarization holography theory along with a convolutional neural network to recover all three types of data from diffraction intensity images.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

Humans drive with two cameras and a neural network.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026

Until the middle of the nineteenth century that thinking symbolized the prevailing scientific thought about the human neural network.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel