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Tokenization

Natural Language Processing · Level 2 of 5

Tokenization

Splitting or encoding text into the units a model processes.

Units may be words, subwords, characters, or bytes.

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A rare word is split into several reusable pieces.

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Tokenization. Splitting or encoding text into the units a model processes. Units may be words, subwords, characters, or bytes. For example: A rare word is split into several reusable pieces.

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