AI Glossary Term

What is Neural Network?

Definition

A layered computational model inspired by biological neurons and synapses.

Related terms

Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

A neural architecture optimized for processing grid-like data such as images.

A learned numeric value that scales signals passing through a neural network.

Backpropagation

The core training algorithm that updates model weights by propagating prediction errors backward through the network.

A subset of machine learning that uses many-layer neural networks for representation learning.

GAN (Generative Adversarial Network)

A generative setup where a generator and discriminator train against each other.

Removing less important model weights or neurons to reduce size and compute.

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