Natural language processing

[NATCH-uh-ruhl LANG-gwij PROH-sess-ing] /ˈnæʧᵊrᵊl ˈlæŋɡwɪʤ ˈprəʊsɛsɪŋ/

The application of computational techniques to the analysis and reproduction of natural language. Encompassing a broad range of different specific fields of research, but perhaps most significantly has contributed to modern "AI chat" applications and interfaces. Frequently shortened to NLP.