dropout
The English word “dropout” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course
- Someone who has opted out of conventional society.
- One who suddenly leaves anything, or the act of doing so.
- The slot in the frame that accepts the axles of the wheels.
- A damaged portion of a tape or disk, causing a brief omission of audio, video, or data.
- Momentary loss of an electronic signal.
- A technique for regularizing a neural network by discarding a random subset of its units.
Etymology
Deverbal from drop out.
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