Glossary · Answer engines and retrieval

citation

A source an answer engine names when composing an answer. A citation proves a document was retrieved and used once; it does not describe the model's ranking and it decays as weighting changes.

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answer engine

Answer engines and retrieval

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

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