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compling

/ˈkɑmpˌlɪŋ/

compling is the abbreviation of computational linguistics.

Meaning of computational linguistics

Noun

computational linguistics (uncountable)

  1. An interdisciplinary field dealing with the statistical and/or rule-based modeling of natural language from a computational perspective. This modeling is not limited to any particular field of linguistics.
    • Prolog has been used for many purposes, but its inventor, Alain Colmerauer, was interested in computational linguistics, and this remains a classic application for the language. Moreover, Prolog offers a number of tools which make life easier for computational linguists, and we are now going to...2006, Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, §7.1

Questions about compling

What is compling the abbreviation of?
Compling is the abbreviation of computational linguistics.
How do you pronounce compling?
Compling is pronounced /ˈkɑmpˌlɪŋ/.

Words near compling in the dictionary

  1. compliments
  2. compliments of the house
  3. complin
  4. compline
  5. complines
  6. compling
  7. complins
  8. complish
  9. complished
  10. complishes
  11. complishing

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