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Head (anatomy)

The upper part of the body containing the brain.

First in use: ancient / pre-modern
Duplicate · right

Attention head

One of several parallel attention mechanisms inside a transformer layer.

First in use: c. 2017

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Your head vs. multi-head attention.

Which meaning of Head is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Head (anatomy) came first (ancient / pre-modern). Attention head arrived in 2017. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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Head (anatomy)

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Attention head

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