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Fine-tuning (adjustment)

Making small adjustments to reach the best performance.

First in use: the 1900s
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Fine-tuning (deep learning)

Continuing to train a pretrained model on a narrower dataset.

First in use: the 2010s

Fine-tuning / Fine-tuning (adjustment) / Fine-tuning (deep learning)

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Tuning a radio vs. training on your data.

Which meaning of Fine-tuning is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Fine-tuning (adjustment) came first (the 1900s). Fine-tuning (deep learning) arrived in the 2010s. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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