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Home/Glossary/Hyperparameter
AI Glossary Term

What does “Hyperparameter” mean?

Definition

A configuration value set before training, such as learning rate, batch size, or depth.

Related terms

Learning Rate
A training hyperparameter controlling how much parameters change each update step.
Evaluation Set
A held-out dataset used to measure model quality after training.
Generalization
How well a model performs on new, unseen data outside the training set.
Pretraining
Initial large-scale model training on broad data before downstream adaptation.
Training Loss
The model error value computed during training and optimized downward over time.
Constitutional AI
A training and behavior-shaping approach where model outputs are guided by a fixed set of written principles.

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Hyperparameter Tuning

See also

Human-in-the-LoopIn-Context LearningHallucinationInferenceGuardrailsInference-Time ComputeGround TruthInstruction Tuning
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