What is an embedding?

An embedding turns a piece of text into numbers, so a computer can find other text that means something similar.

Navid Moazzezby Navid MoazzezUpdated Sept. 12, 20261 min read
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It is how search stops depending on exact words. Ask about pricing and it finds a page that says what we charge, because the meanings sit near each other.

You never see them. They are the machinery under any search that feels like it understood you.