Neural networks don’t understand words, sentences, or punctuation. They only understand numbers.
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Core Definition: Tokenization is the process of breaking raw text into smaller discrete units—called tokens—which can be words, subwords, characters, or symbols that a computer model can process. Numerical Mapping: Once split, each unique token is assigned a numerical identifier (Token ID) using a…
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Neural networks don’t understand words, sentences, or punctuation. They only understand numbers.
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