What is the difference between a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and a Recurrent Neural Network (RNN)?

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What is the difference between a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and a Recurrent Neural Network (RNN)?

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CNNs process data in parallel with shared convolutional filters for spatial patterns; RNNs process sequences step-by-step with hidden states for temporal information. This makes CNNs suitable for images and RNNs for sequential data.