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natural language

English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Russian, etc.

natural language [′nach·rəl ′laŋ·gwij]

(computer science)

A computer language whose rules reflect and describe current rather than prescribed usage; it is often loose and ambiguous in interpretation, meaning different things to different hearers.

(application)

natural language - A language spoken or written by humans, as opposed to a language use to program or communicate with computers. Natural language understanding is one of the hardest problems of artificial intelligence due to the complexity, irregularity and diversity of human language and the philosophical problems of meaning.

See also Pleuk grammar development system, proof.

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No references found			He had been able to repress every disrespectful word; but the flashing eye, the gloomy and troubled brow, were part of a natural language that could not be repressed,--indubitable signs, which showed too plainly that the man could not become a thing. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context There was one of two ways to be adopted: either to go on to build up a language of signs on the basis of the natural language which she had already commenced herself, or to teach her the purely arbitrary language in common use: that is, to give her a sign for every individual thing, or to give her a knowledge of letters by combination of which she might express her idea of the existence, and the mode and condition of existence, of any thing. American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context			natural fiber natural finish natural finish tile Natural Fluorides natural food natural foundation natural frequency natural fuel reactor natural function natural function generator Natural Gas natural gasoline natural glass natural grade Natural Halides natural harbor natural history Natural History, American Museum of Natural Hydroxides natural immunity natural interference Natural Iodides natural killer cell natural laminar flow Natural Landmarks natural language Natural Language Information Analysis Method natural language interaction natural language processing natural language query natural language recognition natural language text processing Natural Law Natural Levee natural light natural linewidth natural load Natural Logarithm Natural Mineral Gels Natural Modes Natural Molybdates Natural Nitrates natural number Natural Numbers, Sequence of Natural Oxides Natural Park natural period Natural Person Natural Philosophy Natural Phosphates natural pigment			Natural Killer Cell-Derived Cytolytic Factor Natural Killer Cell-Mediated Natural Killer Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity Natural Killer Cell-Positive Natural Killer Cell/Large Granular Lymphocyte Natural killer cells Natural killer cells Natural killer cells Natural killer cells Natural Killer Cells/Large Granular Lymphocytes Natural Killer Cytotoxic Factor Natural Killer Dendritic Cells Natural Killer Enhancing Factor Natural killer lymphocytes Natural killer lymphocytes Natural killer lymphocytes Natural Killer Lymphoma Natural Killer Lysis Resistance-Inducing Factor Natural killer T-cells Natural Killer Triggering Receptor Natural Killer-Associated Transcript Natural Killer-Enhancing Factor B Natural Killer-Tumor Recognition Sequence Natural Knowledge Management System Natural lake Natural lake Natural lake Natural Laminar Flow Natural Laminar Flow Natural Landmarks natural language Natural Language & Linguistic Theory Natural Language - Object-Oriented Production System Natural Language Access to Internet Search Engines Natural language and computation Natural language and computation Natural Language and Computational Linguistics Natural Language and Information Processing Group Natural Language and Information Systems Natural Language and Knowledge Representation Natural Language Call Routing Natural Language Computing Natural Language Dialogue Natural Language Engineering of Legal Argumentation Natural language generation Natural Language Information Analysis Method Natural Language Information Analysis Method Natural Language Information Retrieval natural language interaction Natural Language Interactive Voice Response Natural Language Interface Natural Language Interface for Databases Natural Language Interface for Help Natural Language Pacific Rim Symposium natural language processing natural language processing natural language processing Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering natural language processing application

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