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Context window
The maximum amount of text, measured in tokens, that a model can consider at once, including your prompt, documents, and its reply.
Definition
The context window bounds how much a model can read and write in a single interaction. Larger windows allow whole books, codebases, or long transcripts to be analysed without chunking, though attention quality can degrade toward the middle of very long inputs. Retrieval techniques work around limits by feeding only relevant passages.
Why it matters when choosing a tool
When comparing tools for document analysis, meeting notes, or coding, the context window decides whether the tool can hold your material in view or must summarise and forget.
Where you will meet it
AI Research & Search, AI Knowledge Management, AI Meeting Assistants
Related terms
Token · Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) · Large language model (LLM)
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