Term

Definition

Example

Natural Language

The language humans use to talk and write (like English, Hindi, or Bengali).

“How are you today?”

Processing

How a computer analyzes and interprets what you said or typed.

Breaking a sentence into words to find meaning.

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

A branch of AI that enables computers to understand, interpret, and respond to human language.

Siri understanding your question and giving an answer.

Speech Recognition

Converting spoken words into text the computer can understand.

Voice typing in Google Docs.

Chatbot

A program that chats with users using text or voice, often powered by NLP.

Customer service chat windows or ChatGPT!

Translation AI

Systems that convert one language to another using NLP.

Google Translate.