# Perceptron

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> Updated: 2026-05-13T20:57:52.690Z
> Type: glossary
> Category: derin-ogrenme
**TLDR:** The most basic artificial neuron model that learns a linear decision boundary through weighted inputs.

<p>The perceptron is one of the historical starting points of artificial neural networks and can be viewed as a single-layer linear decision mechanism. It multiplies inputs by weights, sums them, and produces an output through a thresholding process. It provides an instructive foundation for linearly separable problems, but its inability to model nonlinear patterns makes clear why deeper network architectures became necessary.</p>