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A quick one or two sentences describing common terms. See individual pages for A quick one or two sentences describing common terms. See individual pages for
more details. more details.
- **A/B testing** - A statistical way of comparing two (or more) techniques, typically an incumbent against a new rival. A/B testing aims to determine not only which technique performs better but also to understand whether the difference is statistically significant. A/B testing usually considers only two techniques using one measurement, but it can be applied to any finite number of techniques and measures.
- **Machine Learning** - Intersection of statistics and computer science in - **Machine Learning** - Intersection of statistics and computer science in
order to teach computers to perform tasks without explicitly being programmed. order to teach computers to perform tasks without explicitly being programmed.
- **Deep Learning** - An umbrella term for machine learning methods based on learning data representations as opposed to algorithms based on fulfilling a given task. It includes architectures such as deep neural networks, deep belief networks and recurrent neural networks. - **Deep Learning** - An umbrella term for machine learning methods based on learning data representations as opposed to algorithms based on fulfilling a given task. It includes architectures such as deep neural networks, deep belief networks and recurrent neural networks.