It'll be a long time before computers understand natural language.
a human language which has evolved naturally in a community, usually in contrast to computer programming languages or to artificially constructed languages such as Esperanto
everyday language; in database searching, a natural language search allows the user to type words in the same way that a person normally speaks them Compare with controlled vocabulary
a programming language that resembles human language network - a computer system that uses communications equipment to connect two or more computers and their resources network cable - the wire used to connect computers over a network (i e - twisted pair ) network interface card - a circuit board that can be inserted into a slot inside a PC to allow it to send and receive messages over a LAN node - a PC or peripheral (i e - printer) that is connected to a network noise- electrical interference that causes distortion in a signal transmission
Statements made using a "conversational" language, used as a query to a database of some kind Contrasted with a formal or "structured" language (such as computer code), or a controlled vocabulary (q v )
A person's native tongue Natural language systems attempt to make computers capable of processing language the way people normally speak [DEC]
When choosing words or phrases to describe a document, article, book or other material's subject content, the indexer (individual creating an Index) can select any appropriate term, often using the language from the document itself Compare with Controlled Vocabulary
a term which denotes a (naturally occurring) human language as opposed to computer languages and other artificial languages
the language in which one communicates; usually meant to distinguish between using the words people use in everyday speech from computer system languages
A type of search which allows the user to present their search as a question or statement instead of restricting it to only important words or phrases, as in Keyword or Controlled Vocabulary searches Available in certain databases only (Unit 4> A Primer on Databases and Catalogs)
Any language spoken by people, with all of its hidden implications and assumptions
Speech-enabled applications in which the call can ask questions or provide information using ordinary sentences
A programming language that is very close to human language Also called very-high-level language
A type of query language that allows the user to enter requests that resemble human speech; often is associated with expert systems and artificial intelligence Natural languages sometimes are called fifth-generation languages 12 21
a native language people speak (e g , English) Contrast with implementation language and modeling language
a language used by humans to communicate, e g , Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Russian, Zulu
Natural language is just human language, for example English When people talk about "NL" aspects of CYC®, they are referring to Cyc's growing ability to understand natural language For a discussion of Cyc's NL capabilities, click here
Technology used to recognize and interpret the utterances (more than one word or saying) pronounced by the user As opposed to keyword recognition for small vocabularies, natural language speech recognition makes the minimum of hypotheses in relation to how system users will formulate their requests
{i} NLP, subfield of artificial intelligence and linguistics that deals with generation of natural language, process of understanding and generating of natural human language by a computer