What does Knowledge Base mean? Definition | AI Understanding

Definition

A curated collection of documents or records used for retrieval, support automation, or grounding responses.

Related terms

Finding relevant documents or records from a knowledge source for a query.

Knowledge Graph

A graph structure of entities and relationships used for reasoning or retrieval.

A collection of structured or unstructured examples used for training, validation, or testing.

RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)

A method that retrieves external knowledge and feeds it into generation at inference time.

Embedding Model

A model specialized for converting data into vectors used for semantic search, clustering, and retrieval.

References to source passages or documents included in a model's response to support its claims.

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