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Embedding

A numerical representation of text (or images, audio, etc.) as a vector — a long list of numbers — capturing semantic meaning. Used for similarity search, clustering, and retrieval in RAG systems. Two pieces of text with similar meaning have embeddings that are close together.

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RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation)

A technique where an AI model looks up relevant information from a database before generating its answer. Combines a search ind...

Vector Database

A database optimized for storing and searching embeddings. Lets agents find "the most semantically similar document" in millise...

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