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machine learning

[ muh-sheen-lur-ning ]
/ məˈʃin ˌlɜr nɪŋ /
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noun Computers.
the capacity of a computer to process and evaluate data beyond programmed algorithms, through contextualized inference.
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Origin of machine learning

First recorded in 1955–60
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British Dictionary definitions for machine learning

machine learning

noun
a branch of artificial intelligence in which a computer generates rules underlying or based on raw data that has been fed into it
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