Glossary · Answer engines and retrieval

Chunk boundary

The point where text is split to fit a token limit. A split between a premise and its conclusion leaves both halves less usable, and the split is made by the engine, not by you — which is why short self-contained passages survive it better.

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Answer engines and retrieval

How a generated answer gets made, and what your page is competing for inside it.

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