Definition: Natural Language Processing

A field of artificial intelligence and computational linguistics focused on how computers can understand, interpret, generate, and interact with human language.

Main Applications:

• Chatbots and virtual assistants (e.g., Siri, Alexa, ChatGPT).

• Sentiment analysis in social media or reviews.

• Machine translation (Google Translate, DeepL).

• Information extraction from long texts.

• Content recommendation based on text.

Why is it important?

NLP transforms massive amounts of text into actionable knowledge, helping to automate processes and enhance human–computer interaction.