{"id":1164,"date":"2019-07-01T15:08:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T15:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sage-new-clone.local\/en-au\/blog\/?post_type=sage_glossary&#038;p=1164"},"modified":"2025-10-17T19:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:10:19","slug":"what-is-natural-language-processing","status":"publish","type":"sage_glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-sg\/blog\/glossary\/what-is-natural-language-processing\/","title":{"rendered":"What is natural-language processing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-sg\/blog\/glossary\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">Glossary definition<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is natural-language processing?\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"What is natural-language processing?\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-sg\/blog\/glossary\/what-is-natural-language-processing\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-natural-language-processing\">Natural-language processing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Natural-language processing (NLP) is a field of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-sg\/blog\/glossary\/what-is-artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Artificial Intelligence (AI)<\/a> where computers can analyse, understand and interpret the human language as it is spoken. NLP application development is challenging, because human speech is not always precise, while programming languages generally are. Challenges in natural-language processing include speech recognition, natural-language understanding, and natural-language generation. NLP is driven by the search to fill the gap between human communication and computer understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"single-cta\">\n\t<div class=\"single-cta__positioner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__wrapper has-dark-background-color\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"single-cta__title h3\">Subscribe to the Sage Advice Newsletter<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Get a roundup of our best business advice in your inbox every month<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"#gate-476ad9d0-ec82-4a0c-bb25-98dd6821b545\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"single-cta__button button button--primary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Subscribe<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1064\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-626184462-1064x810.jpg\" class=\"single-cta__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-626184462-1064x810.jpg 1064w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 48em) 33vw, 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natural-language processing Natural-language processing (NLP) is a field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) where computers can analyse, understand and interpret the human language as it is spoken. NLP application development is challenging, because human speech is not always precise, while programming languages generally are. Challenges in natural-language processing include speech recognition, natural-language understanding, and natural-language generation. 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