What Is a Context Window?
A context window is the total text an AI model can process at once. Learn how they work, why size isn't everything, and what actually affects performance.
Definition
Context Window: The maximum amount of text (measured in tokens) that a language model can process in a single inference call.
A context window is the total text an AI model can process at once. Learn how they work, why size isn't everything, and what actually affects performance.
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