Concept

Natural language processing

There is no exact definition for Natural Language Processing (NLP), but we could catch a glimpse through its goal and academic classification.

  • The goal of this field (NLP) is to get computers to perform useful tasks involving human language. (Speech and Language Processing, 2nd edition)
  • NLP is an interdisciplinary field of linguistics, computer science, information engineering, electrical engineering, psychology, and artificial intelligence. (Speech and Language Processing, 2nd edition; Wikipedia)

Natural language processing gives a computer the ability to analyze and synthesize human languages.

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Updated 2026-04-18

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