perceptron

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

perceptron

   1. A single {McCulloch-Pitts neuron}.

   2. A network of {neurons} in which the output(s) of some
   neurons are connected through weighted connections to the
   input(s) of other neurons.  A {multilayer perceptron} is a
   specific instance of this.