TL;DR: Natural Language Processing

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Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a subfield of artificial intelligence (AI) that focuses on the interaction between computers and human language. The goal of NLP is to enable computers to understand, interpret, and generate human language in a way that is both meaningful and contextually relevant. NLP involves the development of algorithms, models, and systems that can process, analyze, and generate human language, allowing machines to interact with users through natural language.

Key components and tasks within natural language processing include:

1. Tokenization: Breaking down a text into individual units, such as words or phrases, known as tokens.
2. Part-of-Speech Tagging: Assigning grammatical categories (parts of speech) to each word in a sentence, such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.
3. Named Entity Recognition (NER): Identifying and classifying entities (e.g., names of people, organizations, locations) in a text.
4. Parsing: Analyzing the grammatical structure of sentences to understand relationships between words.
5. Sentiment Analysis: Determining the sentiment or emotional tone expressed in a piece of text, such as positive, negative, or neutral.
6. Machine Translation: Automatically translating text from one language to another.
7. Speech Recognition: Converting spoken language into written text.
8. Text Summarization: Generating concise and meaningful summaries of longer texts.
9. Question Answering: Developing systems that can understand and respond to natural language questions.
10. Language Modeling: Building models that understand and predict the likelihood of word sequences in a given context.
11. Coreference Resolution: Identifying when different words or phrases in a text refer to the same entity.

NLP applications are widespread and have a significant impact on various industries. Some common applications include virtual assistants (e.g., Siri, Alexa), chatbots, language translation services, sentiment analysis tools, and automated customer support systems. NLP technologies continue to advance, enabling more sophisticated interactions between humans and machines through natural language interfaces.

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