Category

Retrieval Context Ops

These words describe how applications store knowledge and manage context efficiently.

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Terms for search, embeddings, and runtime limits.

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Embedding

An embedding is a numeric representation that lets a model compare meaning across items.

Vector Store

A vector store is a database for saving and searching embeddings.

Context Window

A context window is the amount of input and generated text a model can consider at one time when producing a response.

Feature Store

A feature store manages reusable input variables for machine learning models.

Context Budget

A context budget is the amount of context a model can keep in one run.

Latency Budget

A latency budget is the maximum time a system can spend before it is too slow.