Azure AI Search
Also called: Azure Cognitive Search
A cloud-based search service from Microsoft that provides full-text, vector, and hybrid search capabilities for AI applications and retrieval-augmented generation workflows.
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A retrieval technique that combines semantic vector search with keyword-based lexical search to improve the relevance, accuracy, and recall of retrieved information by leveraging the strengths of both approaches.
Retrieval-Augmented GenerationRAGAn architectural pattern that enhances generative model responses by retrieving relevant information from external knowledge bases.
Embedding ModelA machine learning model that converts text, images, audio, or other data into dense numerical vector representations that capture semantic meaning for retrieval, similarity search, and related AI tasks.
PineconeA managed vector database designed to store, index, and search high-dimensional embeddings for semantic retrieval and AI applications.