a native language people speak (e.g., English). Contrast with implementation language and modeling language.
Casual, non-technical conversation; an AI-powered VHost can respond to any Natural Language query. See AI.
A human language whose rules have evolved from current usage, as opposed to an artificial language whose rules are prescribed prior to its construction and use, as in the case of a computer language. In database searching, a natural language search allows the user to type words as input in the same way that a person normally speaks them.
A public language used for general communication such as English, French, etc.
A human language, such as English, French, and Chinese. In the context of speech and language processing, it is often important to make a distinction between speech recognition, which goes from speech to text, and natural language, which means understanding the meaning behind the words, regardless of whether they started as speech or text. The term is often used to describe a speech-enabled application in which the user can ask questions or provide information using ordinary, natural, spoken sentences.
a search based on a query entered the way humans speak as opposed to keyword or phrase searching
a language used by humans, such as Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portugese, Russian, Spanish, or Swahili
term used for human language, as opposed to artificial languages used for, for example, computer programming and formal logic.
a term which denotes a (naturally occurring) human language as opposed to computer languages and other artificial languages.
1. A language the rule of which reflect current usage without being specifically prescribed. 2. The language of the documents indexed.
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
a spoken or written human language
everyday language; in database searching, a natural language search allows the user to type words in the same way that a person normally speaks them. Compare with controlled vocabulary.
Searching using everyday language, full sentences or questions
A language in active use by a community of human being, such as English. Contrast to FORMAL LANGUAGE.
Living language that is flexible, variable and fluid. Natural language is the language of thought and conversation. It is the language used in free text titling. See also Controlled vocabulary.
Ordinarily spoken or written language (e.g., English), governed by sets of rules and conventions sufficiently complex and subtle for there to be frequent ambiguity in syntax and meaning.
A language in active use by a community, such as English or French.
A search query which mimics natural speech rather than using keywords e.g. " how many people in Australia earn over A$50 000 per annum".
A type of search which allows the user to present their search as a question or statement instead of restricting it to only important words or phrases, as in Keyword or Controlled Vocabulary searches. Available in certain databases only. (Unit 4 A Primer on Databases and Catalogs)
One way of searching for information on the web is to ask a question, eg 'Where was Leonardo da Vinci born?' This is referred to as natural language searching. See Module 1.
Any one of the languages that people speak that evolved naturally.
A language used by people to communicate with each other, opposed to e.g. a computer language.
Expressing a search in the same way as a human searcher would express it in speech. For example, searching for the First World War instead of World War, 1914-1918, or querying the search engine by asking -- Tell me about the First World War. In response, the search engine extracts the pertinent phrase and returns items that contain it.
Term is used to describe the language used by humans as opposed to the language used by machines or computers.
Languages used by humans to communicate, including spoken, written, and signed languages.
Some search engines or databases allow searching with Natural Language questions instead of search statements constructed by formal rules; e.g. "what is the effect of advertising on children's eating habits?" (natural language) versus "advertising and eating habit* and children" (formal search statement).
When choosing words or phrases to describe a document, article, book or other material's subject content, the indexer (individual creating an ) can select any appropriate term, often using the language from the document itself. Compare with Controlled Vocabulary.
This refers to a human language as opposed to a computer language. While computer languages such as C++ or Perl are very structured and are (arguably)...
A language used by human beings for verbal communication. Words extracted from natural language texts for indexing purposes without vocabulary control are often called keywords.
a language used by humans to communicate, e.g., Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Russian, Zulu
Natural language is everyday language.
a written or spoken language such as English, French, etc.
A search statement expressed in normal language. Example: Why is the sky blue? What role did jazz play in Langston Hughes' poetry
This refers to a human language as opposed to a computer language. The understanding and use of natural languages is a much harder problem for computers than understanding computer languages.
A language that is or was used by people in the course of everyday life, such as French, Japanese, or Swahili.
In database searching, a natural language search allows the user to type common words and phrases as a search strategy. Natural language searching often retrieves irrelevant results as compared with Controlled Vocabulary searching.
n. A language spoken or written by humans, as opposed to a programming language or a machine language. Understanding natural language and approximating it in a computer environment is one goal of research in artificial intelligence.
Refers to situations in which no controlled vocabulary is used. Indexing and/or retrieval may be based on words from the texts of documents or elsewhere (e.g. from titles), but not from a controlled/authorised list of terms.
In the philosophy of language, a natural language (or ordinary language) is a language that is spoken, written, or signed (visually or tactilely) by humans for general-purpose communication, as distinguished from such constructs as computer-programming languages or the "languages" used in the study of formal logic, especially mathematical logic.