Explanation
Important AI / Machine Learning Techniques
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Abbreviation
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Full
Form
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Short
Detail
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Example
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AI
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Artificial Intelligence
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Machines that can think/act like humans.
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ChatGPT, robots
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ML
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Machine Learning
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AI that learns from data.
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Predicting student marks
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SL
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Supervised Learning
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Learns from labeled data.
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Spam / not spam email
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UL
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Unsupervised Learning
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Finds patterns without labels.
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Customer grouping
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RL
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Reinforcement Learning
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Learns by reward and punishment.
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Game AI, robot learning
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GAN
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Generative Adversarial Network
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Creates new realistic data using two networks.
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AI-generated faces
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CNN
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Convolutional Neural Network
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Used mainly for images.
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Face recognition
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RNN
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Recurrent Neural Network
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Used for sequence data.
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Text prediction
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LSTM
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Long Short-Term Memory
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Advanced RNN that remembers long patterns.
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Language translation
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KNN
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K-Nearest Neighbors
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Classifies based on nearest examples.
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Fruit classification
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SVM
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Support Vector Machine
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Finds best boundary between classes.
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Spam detection
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DT
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Decision Tree
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Uses tree-like rules for decisions.
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Loan approval
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RF
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Random Forest
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Uses many decision trees.
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Disease prediction
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NB
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Naive Bayes
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Probability-based classifier.
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Email filtering
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LR
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Linear Regression
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Predicts numeric values.
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House price prediction
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LogR
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Logistic Regression
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Predicts yes/no class.
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Disease yes/no
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K-Means
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K-Means Clustering
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Groups similar data.
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Student performance groups
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PCA
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Principal Component Analysis
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Reduces data size/features.
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Image feature compression
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NLP
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Natural Language Processing
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AI for human language.
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Translation, chatbot
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CV
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Computer Vision
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AI for images and videos.
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Object detection
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NN
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Neural Network
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Model inspired by human brain.
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Handwriting recognition
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DL
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Deep Learning
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Neural network with many layers.
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Self-driving car
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LLM
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Large Language Model
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AI model trained on large text data.
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ChatGPT
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AGI
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Artificial General Intelligence
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Human-level general intelligence.
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Future advanced AI
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GA
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Genetic Algorithm
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Solves problems using evolution idea.
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Best route finding
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Simple exam point:
Main ML categories are Supervised, Unsupervised, and Reinforcement Learning.
Techniques like CNN, RNN, GAN, KNN, SVM, Decision Tree are
methods/algorithms used inside AI and ML.
Classified headings make it much
easier to memorize.
1. Core AI Terms
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Abbreviation
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Full Form
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Short Detail
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Example
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AI
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Artificial
Intelligence
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Machines that
perform human-like tasks.
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ChatGPT, robots
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ML
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Machine Learning
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AI that learns from
data.
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Marks prediction
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DL
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Deep Learning
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ML using many neural
network layers.
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Self-driving cars
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AGI
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Artificial General
Intelligence
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Human-level general
AI.
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Future AI concept
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XAI
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Explainable AI
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Explains AI
decisions.
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Why loan was
rejected
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2. Main Machine
Learning Categories
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Abbreviation
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Full Form
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Short Detail
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Example
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SL
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Supervised Learning
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Learns from labeled
data.
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Spam / not spam
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UL
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Unsupervised
Learning
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Finds patterns
without labels.
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Customer grouping
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RL
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Reinforcement
Learning
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Learns by rewards
and punishments.
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Game AI
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SSL
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Semi-Supervised
Learning
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Uses small labeled +
large unlabeled data.
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Image classification
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Self-SL
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Self-Supervised
Learning
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Creates its own
labels from data.
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BERT, GPT
pretraining
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3. Common ML
Algorithms
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Abbreviation
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Full Form
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Short Detail
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Example
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KNN
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K-Nearest Neighbors
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Classifies using
nearest examples.
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Fruit classification
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SVM
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Support Vector
Machine
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Finds best boundary
between classes.
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Spam detection
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DT
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Decision Tree
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Uses tree-like
rules.
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Loan approval
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RF
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Random Forest
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Uses many decision
trees.
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Disease prediction
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NB
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Naive Bayes
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Probability-based
classifier.
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Email spam filter
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LR
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Linear Regression
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Predicts continuous
numbers.
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House price
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LogR
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Logistic Regression
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Predicts yes/no
class.
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Disease yes/no
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K-Means
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K-Means Clustering
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Groups similar data.
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Customer groups
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DBSCAN
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Density-Based
Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise
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Finds clusters and
outliers.
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Fraud detection
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4. Neural Network /
Deep Learning Models
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Abbreviation
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Full Form
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Short Detail
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Example
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NN
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Neural Network
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Brain-like model
that learns patterns.
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Handwriting
recognition
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ANN
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Artificial Neural
Network
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Basic neural network
model.
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Classification
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DNN
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Deep Neural Network
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Neural network with
many layers.
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Image recognition
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CNN
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Convolutional Neural
Network
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Best for image data.
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Face detection
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RNN
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Recurrent Neural
Network
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Best for sequence
data.
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Text prediction
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LSTM
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Long Short-Term
Memory
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Advanced RNN for
long memory.
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Translation
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GRU
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Gated Recurrent Unit
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Simpler version of
LSTM.
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Speech recognition
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AE
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Autoencoder
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Learns compressed
representation.
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Noise removal
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VAE
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Variational
Autoencoder
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Generates new data
using encoding.
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Image generation
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5. Generative AI
Models
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Abbreviation
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Full Form
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Short Detail
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Example
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GAN
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Generative
Adversarial Network
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Generator creates
fake data, Discriminator checks it.
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AI-generated faces
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GPT
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Generative
Pre-trained Transformer
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Generates human-like
text.
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ChatGPT
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LLM
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Large Language Model
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Big model trained on
huge text data.
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ChatGPT, Gemini
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RAG
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Retrieval-Augmented
Generation
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AI answers using
retrieved documents.
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PDF chatbot
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VAE
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Variational
Autoencoder
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Generates new data
from learned patterns.
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Image generation
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6. NLP / Text AI
Techniques
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Abbreviation
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Full Form
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Short Detail
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Example
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NLP
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Natural Language
Processing
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AI for human
language.
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Chatbots
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BERT
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Bidirectional
Encoder Representations from Transformers
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Understands text
from both directions.
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Question answering
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NER
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Named Entity
Recognition
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Finds names, places,
dates, etc.
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“Ali lives in
Lahore”
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POS
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Part of Speech
Tagging
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Identifies noun,
verb, adjective, etc.
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Grammar analysis
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BoW
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Bag of Words
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Represents text by
word count.
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Text classification
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TF-IDF
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Term
Frequency–Inverse Document Frequency
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Finds important
words in text.
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Search engines
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HMM
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Hidden Markov Model
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Used for sequence
prediction.
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Speech recognition
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CRF
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Conditional Random
Field
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Used for sequence
labeling.
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Named entity
recognition
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7. Speech / Audio AI
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Abbreviation
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Full Form
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Short Detail
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Example
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ASR
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Automatic Speech
Recognition
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Converts speech into
text.
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Voice typing
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TTS
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Text-to-Speech
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Converts text into
voice.
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AI voice reader
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STT
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Speech-to-Text
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Same as ASR.
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Dictation app
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8. Computer Vision
Techniques
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Abbreviation
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Full Form
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Short Detail
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Example
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CV
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Computer Vision
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AI for images and
videos.
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Object detection
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OCR
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Optical Character
Recognition
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Reads text from
images.
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Scanned documents
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CNN
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Convolutional Neural
Network
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Main model for image
tasks.
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Face recognition
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YOLO
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You Only Look Once
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Fast object
detection model.
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Detecting
cars/people
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RCNN
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Region-Based CNN
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Object detection
model.
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Detecting objects in
images
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9. Model Error / Loss
/ Evaluation Metrics
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Abbreviation
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Full Form
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Short Detail
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Example
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MSE
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Mean Squared Error
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Average squared
prediction error.
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Regression error
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MAE
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Mean Absolute Error
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Average absolute
prediction error.
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House price error
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RMSE
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Root Mean Squared
Error
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Square root of MSE.
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Forecast error
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R²
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R-Squared
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Shows how well model
explains data.
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Regression accuracy
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CE
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Cross Entropy
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Loss for
classification.
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Image classification
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BCE
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Binary Cross Entropy
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Loss for two-class
problems.
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Spam / not spam
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Acc
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Accuracy
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Correct predictions
out of total.
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Test accuracy
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F1
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F1 Score
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Balance of precision
and recall.
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Medical detection
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AUC
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Area Under Curve
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Measures
classification performance.
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Fraud detection
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10. Training /
Optimization Terms
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Abbreviation
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Full Form
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Short Detail
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Example
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GD
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Gradient Descent
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Reduces model error
step by step.
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Training ML model
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SGD
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Stochastic Gradient
Descent
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Faster version of
gradient descent.
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Deep learning
training
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LR
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Learning Rate
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Step size during
training.
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Model optimization
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ReLU
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Rectified Linear
Unit
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Activation function.
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CNN hidden layers
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BP
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Backpropagation
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Updates neural
network weights.
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Training ANN
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RLHF
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Reinforcement
Learning from Human Feedback
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Improves AI using
human feedback.
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Chatbot improvement
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11. Data Processing /
Feature Techniques
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Abbreviation
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Full Form
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Short Detail
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Example
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PCA
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Principal Component
Analysis
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Reduces number of
features.
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Image compression
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EDA
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Exploratory Data
Analysis
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Understanding data
before modeling.
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Finding trends
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FE
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Feature Engineering
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Creating useful
input features.
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Age group from age
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ETL
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Extract, Transform,
Load
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Data preparation
process.
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Data warehouse
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API
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Application
Programming Interface
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Connects software
with AI model.
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Using ChatGPT in app
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MCQ Memory Tip
Models / Techniques: CNN, RNN, GAN, BERT, KNN, SVM, RF
Loss / Error Functions: MSE, MAE, RMSE, CE, BCE
AI Areas: NLP, CV, ASR, TTS
Main ML Categories: Supervised, Unsupervised, Reinforcement