"natural language processing" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: natural language + processing Etymology templates: {{m|en|natural language}} natural language, {{m|en|processing}} processing Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=natural language processing}} natural language processing (uncountable)
  1. A field of computer science and linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human (natural) languages, especially computational analysis and processing of large amounts of natural language data. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Computer science, Linguistics Synonyms: NLP Translations (field concerning interaction with computers using natural languages): 自然語言處理 (Chinese Mandarin), 自然语言处理 (zìrán yǔyán chǔlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), luonnollisen kielen käsittely (Finnish), traitement automatique du langage naturel [masculine] (French), linguistische Datenverarbeitung [feminine] (German), επεξεργασία φυσικής γλώσσας (epexergasía fysikís glóssas) (Greek), málvinnsla [feminine] (Icelandic), elaborazione del linguaggio naturale [feminine] (Italian), 自然言語処理 (shizengengoshori) (alt: しぜんげんごしょり) (Japanese), компьютерын хэл шинжлэл (kompʹjüteryn xel šinžlel) (Mongolian), processamento de linguagem natural [masculine] (Portuguese), обработка естественного языка (obrabotka jestestvennovo jazyka) (Russian), obrada naravnoga jezika [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), obrada prirodnoga jezika [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), procesamiento del lenguaje natural [masculine] (Spanish), การประมวลภาษาธรรมชาติ (Thai), xử lí ngôn ngữ tự nhiên (Vietnamese)

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