Retrieval latency
Time spent locating and scoring source material before generation.
What Retrieval latency does not show
Low latency does not indicate high recall, relevance, or freshness.
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 latency
What is Retrieval latency?
Time spent locating and scoring source material before generation.
What does Retrieval latency not show or guarantee?
Low latency does not indicate high recall, relevance, or freshness.
Which area of the glossary does Retrieval latency 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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