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Understanding Context Windows: How LLMs Actually Use Information
A context window is the model's whole workspace for one request. Here's what fills it, why models miss what's buried inside, and how to manage it in real applications.
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A context window is the model's whole workspace for one request. Here's what fills it, why models miss what's buried inside, and how to manage it in real applications.
Same prompt, different answers. Sampling, prompt drift, model updates and hidden context changes all contribute. Here is how to make output predictable enough to ship.