context window
/ˈkɒntekst ˌwɪndoʊ/
The amount of text a model can consider at once
context window in a sentence
“The expanded context window allows processing entire documents.”
Origin of context window
From Latin contextus (connection, coherence) + Old Norse vindauga (wind eye)
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