Retrieval cutoff
The rank, score, or count threshold below which candidates are discarded.
What Retrieval cutoff means
It makes the pipeline tractable and creates an invisible boundary between considered and unseen sources.
Related terms in Retrieval engineering
How pages become chunks, vectors and candidates inside an answer engine, and why being retrieved is not being cited.
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Questions about Retrieval cutoff
What is Retrieval cutoff?
The rank, score, or count threshold below which candidates are discarded.
Which area of the glossary does Retrieval cutoff belong to?
Retrieval engineering: How pages become chunks, vectors and candidates inside an answer engine, and why being retrieved is not being cited.
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