AI Glossary Term

What does “Pipeline” mean?

Definition

An ordered workflow of preprocessing, model steps, and postprocessing stages.

Related terms

Post-training
Training steps applied after pretraining, such as instruction tuning, preference optimization, and safety tuning.
Algorithm
A defined set of rules or steps that a computer follows to solve a problem or complete a task.
Chain-of-Thought
A reasoning style where an AI model decomposes a problem into intermediate steps.
Human-in-the-Loop
A workflow where humans review, guide, or override AI outputs.
Memory (Agent Memory)
Stored context an AI agent uses across steps or sessions to improve continuity.
Recommendation System
A model pipeline that predicts user preferences for ranking content or products.

Learn more in our free guides

Feature Engineering Pipelines and Data VersioningKubeflow and ML Pipeline OrchestrationMagic3D Text-to-3D PipelineAI Data Extraction Pipelines

See also

PerplexityPrecisionParameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT)PretrainingParameterPromptOverfittingPrompt Engineering
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