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Home/Glossary/Feature
AI Glossary Term

What does “Feature” mean?

Definition

An input variable used by a model to make predictions.

Related terms

Feature Engineering
Designing or transforming input variables to make learning easier and more effective.
Decision Tree
A model that makes predictions through a sequence of if-then feature splits.
Feature Extraction
Converting raw data into informative features that a model can use.
Feature Store
A managed system for storing and serving validated ML features consistently for training and inference.
AI Governance
Policies, standards, and oversight mechanisms that guide how AI is developed and used in society.
Annotation
Human-added labels or metadata used to train or evaluate machine learning models.

Learn more in our free guides

Linear Probing and Frozen Feature EvaluationFeature Engineering Pipelines and Data VersioningOnline and Offline Feature Serving SkewFeature Pyramid Networks

See also

False PositiveFalse NegativeExplainabilityFew-Shot LearningEvaluation SetFine-TuningEnsembleFoundation Model
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