Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a field of artificial intelligence that focuses on the interaction between computers and human (natural) languages. It involves programming computers to analyze, understand, and generate human language.

Key Concepts

  • Tokenization: The process of breaking text down 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 entities in text such as names, locations, organizations, etc.
  • Sentiment Analysis: Determining the sentiment or tone of a piece of text, such as positive, negative, or neutral.

Applications

NLP has a wide range of applications, including:

  • Machine Translation: Translating text from one language to another.
  • Voice Assistants: Understanding and responding to spoken language, like Siri or Alexa.
  • Customer Service: Automating responses to customer inquiries.

Resources

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Natural Language Processing