NLP 101: What is Natural Language Processing?

Natural language processing (NLP) is with no doubt -- in my opinion -- the most famous field of data science. Over the past decade, it has gained a lot of traction "buzz" in both industry and academia. But, the truth is, NLP is not a new field at all. The human desire for computers to comprehend and understand our language has been there since the creation of computers. Yes, those old computers that could barely run multiple programs at the same time, nevertheless comprehend the complexity of natural languages! Natural language processing -- if you're new to the field -- is basically any human language, such as English, Arabic, Spanish, etc.