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Home/Glossary/Output Parser
AI Glossary Term

What does “Output Parser” mean?

Definition

Logic that validates and converts model output into strongly typed, machine-usable structures.

Related terms

OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
Technology that converts text in images or scans into machine-readable text.
Guarded Decoding
A generation strategy that constrains output tokens to valid structures or policy-compliant choices.
Structured Output
Model output constrained to a defined schema such as JSON, tool arguments, or typed fields.
Algorithmic Transparency
How clearly an AI system's logic, data sources, and limitations are documented and understandable.
Annotation
Human-added labels or metadata used to train or evaluate machine learning models.
Attention Mechanism
A model component that dynamically focuses on relevant parts of an input when producing an output.

Learn more in our free guides

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