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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

In a notice in the Federal Register published Friday, BIS said the rule eliminates wind gust tolerance as a control parameter and removes national security licensing requirements for drones with capabilities lasting under three hours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

In other words, different physical processes can produce very similar observable signatures, making it challenging for the AI to correctly identify which parameter is responsible.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026

The company said it is also releasing 1-bit Bonsai 4 billion parameter and 1.7 billion parameter models, with 0.5 gigabytes and 0.24 gigabytes memory footprints, and even higher intelligence density.

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

For more than 100 years, scientists have used a system based on Atwater parameters to estimate how much energy people can obtain from food.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 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

We have clear boundaries about roles and tasks, and we’re able to create very pragmatic parameters of what to do when we’re facing a disagreement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

With those basic parameters, you can work up the rest of the details, namely what exact funds you’ll be investing in and how often to switch them around by rebalancing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

"We don’t really see the creator twiddling twenty knobs to set twenty parameters to create the universe as we know it."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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