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representation

representation

17 6.0
A list of numbers that stands for data so computers can use it
  • noun
  • /ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : representación
  • Poor short-term memory may hinder children's efforts to store phonological representations of words.
  • semantic representation
  • word representation
  • use representations

So we'll spend the next class building up that representation, OK?

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Examples

  • A randomized block design was used where the representations were blocked by subject observations.

    Academic text (1999)
  • So we'll spend the next class building up that representation, OK?

  • So this would be the power series representation for our function.

  • So that process is is complex and your representation should support it.

  • This is the flat representation of a higher dimensional object.

  • It should give a representation of your credit score.

  • Now these are vector representations of PQ and PR.

  • First, we get a representation of the input vector and then extrapolate an activation in free forward back propagation.

  • To perform inference, we use Metropolis-Hastings sampling over a factor graph representation of the inference graph.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The algorithm uses a numerical representation of the data to improve its predictions.

Synonyms

internal representation
vsrepresentation
  • Specialized
8.0

A computer model's learned pattern that shows important parts of its input used for tasks

is not limited to model-learned encodings and can be any numeric encoding
embedding
vsrepresentation
  • Specialized
7.6

A list of numbers that represents a word or image for computers

is a broader numeric encoding for objects or concepts rather than only single items

Compounds

13 3.7

Help from a lawyer in legal matters and in court

4 5.3

A way of choosing members of a parliament so parties get seats that match their number of votes

A visible thing like a flag that stands for an idea you cannot see

A clear, simple example that helps you see an idea that is hard to imagine

mental representation
  • Specialized
1 6.7

An idea in your mind that stands for something you remember or imagine

A picture that shows something, like a scene or object

Showing bisexual people and their lives in media like films and TV

A way to show numbers where the decimal point stays in the same place

A way computers write numbers with decimals using a power to show the decimal point position

A picture in the mind people make to imagine the outside world

8.0

A computer model's learned pattern that shows important parts of its input used for tasks

A way of writing numbers using symbols and rules like decimal or binary

A way of writing numbers where each digit's value depends on its place

How Informative

embedding
  • Specialized
7.6
representation
  • Specialized
17 6.0
encoding
  • Specialized
12 4.7
symbol
625 3.5
label
187 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

representation = represent (semi-transparent) = represent + ation

Formed from 'represent' + '-ation'; the technical machine-learning sense (a numerical encoding) is a metaphorical, domain-specific extension of the verb's core meaning.

Etymology

Representation comes from the Latin parts re- 'again' and praesentare 'to make present', the same root as present. So in computing a representation is a way to 'make something present' to a machine by turning an object or idea into numbers the computer can use.