Definition
Tokenizer
A Tokenizer is a pre-processing component that breaks down raw text strings into discrete units called tokens (words, subwords, or characters) and maps them to numerical integer IDs that can be processed by a neural network.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a subword tokenizer?▼
A tokenizer that splits unfamiliar words into smaller fragments (e.g., "tokenizing" into "token" and "izing"), helping handle out-of-vocabulary terms.
What happens during detokenization?▼
The tokenizer converts the model's output integer IDs back into human-readable text strings.
Quick Facts
- CategoryNatural Language Processing
- Key ApplicationText pre-processing, text generation decoding, and vocabulary indexing.
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