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Contextual retrieval

What does “Contextual retrieval” mean?

Contextual retrieval: Adding contextual information to chunks to improve how they can be found or interpreted.

Contextual retrieval visual guide: Adding contextual information to chunks to improve how they can be found or interpreted.
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See also

Retrieval-augmented generationTermChunkingTermHybrid searchTermSemantic chunkingTermRetrieval top-kTerm

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