自动编码器是一种数据的压缩算法，其中数据的压缩和解压缩函数是数据相关的、有损的、从样本中自动学习的。在大部分提到自动编码器的场合，压缩和解压缩的函数是通过神经网络实现的。(An autoencoder, autoassociator or Diabolo network is an artificial neural network used for unsupervised learning of efficient codings. The aim of an autoencoder is to learn a representation (encoding) for a set of data, typically for the purpose of dimensionality reduction. Recently, the autoencoder concept has become more widely used for learning generative models of data.)