Corpus

usgb/ˈkɔːrpəs/
noun

A collection of written or spoken material in machine-readable form, for example for linguistic analysis.

We used a large linguistic corpus to train our language model.
Visual representation of "corpus" - A collection of written or spoken material in machine-readable form, for example for linguistic analysis.

Often appears as...

  • linguistic corpus
  • corpus of texts

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Language Research

A 'corpus' in computing is often used for analyzing languages, like forming grammar rules.

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Researchers compiled a corpus of spoken English to study regional dialects.
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Machine Learning

In computing, corpora are crucial for training language models in AI, like chatbots.

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The AI's understanding improved after feeding it a more diverse language corpus.
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