language model

English

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.

   Synonym: LM

   • 2022 [2009], Chengxiang Zhai, Statistical Language Models for Information Retrieval, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 9:

     Although unigram language models are simple, they clearly make unrealistic assumptions about word occurrences in text.

Derived terms

• large language model

Translations

ML model

• Dutch: taalmodel n
• Finnish: kielimalli
• German: Sprachmodell (de) n
• Romanian: model de limbă n
• Swedish: språkmodell c

See also

• LLM (“large language model”)