"language model" meaning in All languages combined

See language model on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: language models [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} language model (plural language models)
  1. (machine learning) A machine learning model that assigns probabilities to sequences of characters or words, and/or is capable of generating plausible subsequent text from a given prompt. Synonyms: LM Derived forms: large language model, small language model Translations (ML model): taalmodel [neuter] (Dutch), kielimalli (Finnish), Sprachmodell [neuter] (German), model de limbă [neuter] (Romanian), språkmodell [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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