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training

noun \ˈtrā-niŋ\
TopicFundamentals Senses1
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Definition of training

  1. : the process of feeding data to a model and repeatedly adjusting its parameters so its outputs get better

    • Training the largest models takes months and tens of thousands of chips.
    • The bug was in the data, not the training code.

Two meanings, one word

In everyday English

The process of learning the skills needed for a job or activity.

In AI

The process of feeding data to a model and repeatedly adjusting its parameters so its outputs get better.

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Related terms

pre-training the first and most expensive stage of building a model, in which it learns general patterns… fine-tuning further training of an existing model on a smaller, focused dataset so it gets better at a… training data the collection of examples (text, images, code, audio, and so on) that a model learns from inference the act of running a trained model to produce an output, such as answering a prompt or… compute computing power, especially the chips and processing time used to train and run AI models

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"Training." AI Dictionary, Dadgogo, https://dadgogo.com/dictionary/training/. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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