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Supervised learning

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In plain language

Training with examples that include a target answer, such as a category or number. [1]

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Explanation based on the linked sources. Claim ID: claim-term-supervised-learning-1a5192ba3d7825ca26b24a72. Edition 0.20.0.

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Limits & distinctions

Supervised describes the training examples. It does not mean a person checks every answer when the trained model is used. [1]

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A fuller explanation

Software compares the model’s prediction with the target and uses the difference to adjust it. An illustrative task is sorting messages using examples already labeled as spam or ordinary mail. [1]

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How it relates to the map

Ask how the labels were made and whether they match the task you want to perform. [1]

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  1. 1. Supervised Learning

    Google for Developers · First-hand source · Published date unavailable · Updated 2025-08-25 · Material last read 2026-09-15

    Publication dates and source age

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    Assessed at this edition's evidence cutoff: 2026-09-15. 18-month boundary: 2025-03-15.

    Some publication dates are unknown; the newest dated source may not be the newest source overall.

    Publication age does not tell us whether a claim is still valid. Reading an old source again does not make its publication date newer. An update date does not establish that the passage we used was updated.

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Edition and machine-readable evidence

Content version 0.20.0. Evidence cutoff 2026-09-15; this does not mean every source was read on that day.

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