Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
cold-start
Noun
/koʊld stɑrt/
Definition
A cold-start refers to the challenge of initializing a process or system from a non-operational state, often without prior information or context.
Examples
- The algorithm faced a cold-start problem because it had no user data to analyze.
- In streaming services, new users often experience a cold-start when they first sign up.
- Cold-start challenges can hinder accurate recommendations in collaborative filtering models.
Meaning
It is commonly used in technology and machine learning contexts to describe the difficulty of making effective predictions or decisions when insufficient data is available.
Synonyms
- Initialization issue
- Startup problem
- Blank slate
