RAG

RAG

/ræɡ/

🔍 RAG & Retrieval

Retrieval-Augmented Generation; enhancing models with external knowledge

RAG in a sentence

“RAG enables the chatbot to answer questions about private company data.”

Origin of RAG

Acronym: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (Lewis et al., 2020)

Related Words

vector database

a database optimized for storing and querying high-dimensional embeddings

semantic search

searching by meaning rather than exact keyword matching

hybrid search

combining keyword search and vector search for better accuracy

reranking

re-ordering search results using a more precise model

chunking

splitting text into smaller segments for embedding

context injection

inserting retrieved information dynamically into the prompt