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WORD SEGMENTATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Processing of Language Data
  • Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology
  • Applications of Automation
DEF

The dividing of text into lexical units using a computer program.

OBS

Lexical units are usually words, but may also be numbers or special characters.

OBS

word segmentation; segmentation: These designations are mostly used when referring to the tokenization of texts in written languages that have no visible word boundaries in their writing system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatisation des données linguistiques
  • Lexicologie, lexicographie et terminologie
  • Automatisation et applications
OBS

Une unité lexicale peut être un mot, un chiffre ou un caractère spécial.

Spanish

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