What Is Natural Language Processing?
Last Updated on August 7, 2019
Natural Language Processing, or NLP for short, is broadly defined as the automatic manipulation of natural language, like speech and text, by software.
The study of natural language processing has been around for more than 50 years and grew out of the field of linguistics with the rise of computers.
In this post, you will discover what natural language processing is and why it is so important.
After reading this post, you will know:
- What natural language is and how it is different from other types of data.
- What makes working with natural language so challenging.
- Where the field of NLP came from and how it is defined by modern practitioners.
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What Is Natural Language Processing?
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Natural Language
Natural language refers to the way we, humans, communicate with each other.