Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

stop-list

noun

/ˈstɒp lɪst/

Definition

A stop-list is a list of words that are excluded from a particular processing or filtering task, typically in the context of search engines or natural language processing.

Examples

The search engine uses a stop-list to filter out common words like ‘and’, ‘the’, and ‘is’ from its index.
Creating a personalized stop-list can improve the accuracy of your text analysis.

Meaning

In computational linguistics, a stop-list refers to words that are deemed unimportant or irrelevant for the purposes of information retrieval and are often ignored during analysis to enhance efficiency.