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Six API terms that get mixed up: context window, max output, temperature vs top_p, reasoning tokens

Short glossary of things I see confused in API questions. Details change between models, so check the current docs for yours. Context window vs max output tokens The context window is the total the model can handle in one request, input and output together. Max output is a separate, smaller limit o…

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  1. 2026-10-23 19:19 · r/OpenAI
    Six API terms that get mixed up: context window, max output, temperature vs top_p, reasoning tokens

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