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Home/Glossary/Precision
AI Glossary Term

What does “Precision” mean?

Definition

The proportion of predicted positives that are actually correct.

Related terms

Retrieval Precision
The proportion of retrieved items that are relevant to the user's query.
Recall
The proportion of actual positives that a model correctly identifies.
Prompt Injection
An attack pattern where malicious instructions are inserted into model inputs or retrieved content.
Algorithmic Transparency
How clearly an AI system's logic, data sources, and limitations are documented and understandable.
Baseline Model
A simple reference model used to compare whether more complex approaches actually improve results.
Decision Boundary
The surface in feature space that separates classes predicted by a classifier.

Learn more in our free guides

Precision and RecallTempus AI in Precision MedicineFP8 and Low-Precision FormatsAI in Precision Agriculture

See also

PipelinePretrainingPerplexityPromptParameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT)Prompt EngineeringParameterOverfitting
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