textpreprocessing
nounUK /tɛkst priːˈprəʊsɛsɪŋ/
US /tɛkst priˈprɑsɛsɪŋ/
Cleaning up words on a computer so they are ready to be used.
Before the computer could read the story, it did text preprocessing to remove extra spaces and fix spelling.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The step in machine learning where raw text is turned into a simpler form for a model.
Text preprocessing included lowercasing all letters and removing punctuation.
3. The act of organizing messy writing into a neat, usable format.
The librarian did text preprocessing on the scanned letters before adding them to the archive.
4. A set of computer steps that fix errors and split text into smaller parts.
Text preprocessing split the paragraph into individual words for analysis.