Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a field of artificial intelligence that focuses on the interaction between computers and humans through natural language. It involves the ability of machines to understand, interpret, and generate human language.
What is NLP Used For?
NLP has a wide range of applications, including:
- Text Analysis: Understanding the meaning and sentiment of text.
- Machine Translation: Translating text from one language to another.
- Chatbots: Automating customer service through conversational interfaces.
- Information Extraction: Extracting relevant information from large volumes of text.
Key Concepts in NLP
Here are some key concepts in NLP:
- Tokenization: Breaking text into words, phrases, symbols, or other meaningful elements called tokens.
- Part-of-Speech Tagging: Assigning parts of speech to each word in a sentence, such as noun, verb, adjective, etc.
- Named Entity Recognition (NER): Identifying and categorizing entities in text, such as names, locations, organizations, etc.
- Sentiment Analysis: Determining the sentiment or tone of a piece of text.
Resources
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NLP in Action