"pretrain" meaning in All languages combined

See pretrain on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: pretrains [present, singular, third-person], pretraining [participle, present], pretrained [participle, past], pretrained [past]
Etymology: From pre- + train. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|train}} pre- + train Head templates: {{en-verb}} pretrain (third-person singular simple present pretrains, present participle pretraining, simple past and past participle pretrained)
  1. (machine learning) To train (a neural network) on some data set (typically a large generic data set, the output of which one is not directly interested in) before fine-tuning the network on another dataset one is interested in. Categories (topical): Machine learning Synonyms: pre-train

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Alternative forms

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