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Cable News Network

First in use: c. 1980
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Convolutional neural network

First in use: c. 1989

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Which meaning of CNN is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Cable News Network came first (c. 1980). Convolutional neural network arrived in 1989. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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Original · c. 1980

Cable News Network

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Duplicate · c. 1989

Convolutional neural network

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