classification
/ˌkɫæsəfəˈkeɪʃən/
Predicting which category a data point belongs to
classification in a sentence
“Classification determines whether an email is spam or legitimate.”
Origin of classification
From Latin classis (class, division) + facere (to make)
Related Words
regression
Predicting a continuous numerical value
time series
Data points indexed in time order
anomaly detection
Identifying unusual patterns that don't conform to expected behavior
ETL
Extract, Transform, Load - the data pipeline process
pipeline
A sequence of processes
visualization
The representation of an object, situation, or set of information as a chart or other image