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parameter

[puh-ram-i-ter] / pəˈræm ɪ tər /


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Then, pick activities that fit within that parameter.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

AT&T’s own OTel model, which is an open model customized with telecom-specific data, was tested in 32 different variations of model type and parameter size, Markus said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

"The millimeter and submillimeter radio bands remain almost completely unexplored for SETI, so this is really about opening up a new area of parameter space to search."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

Bonsai 8B is an 8-billion parameter large language model, trained using Google v4 TPUs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

So they use parameter to mean a boundary, a characteristic, a component, an element, a feature, an ingredient, a part, a perimeter, a quality, or a requirement.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

"By controlling the parameters of the laser, you can control the characteristics of the plasma filament -- including its length," says Darshni.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

Competition in telecom tends to turn on relatively familiar parameters such as marketing, pricing and network quality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The new model lets users download and customise the parameters, or "weights", that determine how it computes to their own servers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Beam boasts 501 billion parameters, or adjustable numerical values.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Nor are they really complete theories, because they contain a number of parameters whose values cannot be predicted from the theory but have to be chosen to fit in with experiment.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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