epoch vs generation

epoch

noun
  • A geochronologic unit of hundreds of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of a period, and subdivided into ages (or sometimes subepochs). 

  • A specific instant in time, chosen as the point of reference or zero value of a system that involves identifying instants of time. 

  • A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable. 

  • A notable event which marks the beginning of such a period. 

  • One complete presentation of the training data set to an iterative machine learning algorithm. 

verb
  • To divide (data) into segments by time period. 

generation

noun
  • A group of people born in a specific range of years and whose members can relate culturally to one another. 

  • Race, family; breed. 

  • A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology. 

  • The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc. 

  • A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions. 

  • The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation. 

  • The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time. 

  • The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation. 

  • A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit. 

  • A copy of a recording made from an earlier copy and thus further degraded in quality. 

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