Neural Network

(Computers) system made up of programs and data bases that include several parallel processors and simulates the activity of the structure of the human brain

Traditionally, the term neural network had been used to refer to a network or circuitry of biological neurons. The modern usage of the term often refers to artificial neural networks, which are composed of artificial neurons or nodes. Thus the term 'Neural Network' has two distinct connotations:Biological neural networks are made up of real biological neurons that are connected or functionally-related in the peripheral nervous system or the central nervous system. In the field of neuroscience, they are often identified as groups of neurons that perform a specific physiological function in laboratory analysis.Artificial neural networks are made up of interconnecting artificial neurons (usually simplified neurons) which may share some properties of biological neural networks. Artificial neural networks may either be used to gain an understanding of biological neural networks, or for solving traditional artificial intelligence tasks without necessarily attempting to model a real biological system.
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Noun
1. computer architecture in which processors are connected in a manner suggestive of connections between neurons; can learn by trial and error
(synonym) neural net
(hypernym) computer architecture
2. any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body
(synonym) neural net
(hypernym) reticulum
(hyponym) reticular formation, RF
(part-holonym) nervous system, systema nervosum

See connectionism .

artificial neural network