DadgogoAI Dictionary

Dictionary entry

data labeling

noun \ˈdā-tə ˈlā-bə-liŋ\

also annotation

TopicTraining Senses1
Advertisement

Definition of data labeling

  1. : the work of tagging raw data with correct answers or categories, such as marking objects in photos or rating chatbot replies, so it can be used to train models

    • Thousands of workers do data labeling behind every major model.
    • Expert data labeling, by doctors or lawyers, is now a big business.

Test yourself

Which of these is the meaning of data labeling?

Related terms

training data the collection of examples (text, images, code, audio, and so on) that a model learns from RLHF reinforcement learning from human feedback: a training method in which people rate or compare… dataset an organized collection of data used to train, test, or evaluate a model

Cite this entry

"Data labeling." AI Dictionary, Dadgogo, https://dadgogo.com/dictionary/data-labeling/. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

Dictionary entries near data labeling

Advertisement