🧱 Basics
Parameters (weights)
parameters
The learned numbers inside a neural network. Large language models have billions of them.
💭 Imagine …
The knobs on the mixing desk. Their positions are the model's “knowledge”.
🔎 Example
“7B” in a model name means 7 billion parameters.
🎯 Why it matters
More parameters often mean more capability, but also more compute, energy and cost.
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