Context Window
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What is Context Window?
Context window refers to the maximum number of tokens an LLM can process in a single interaction, including both input prompt and generated output. When exceeded, older parts are truncated. Understanding this constraint is crucial for prompt engineering—you must balance providing sufficient context with staying within token limits.
Free resources to learn Context Window
- Official docsContext windows - Anthropic
- ArticleWhat is a context window? - IBM
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Context Window: common questions
Can I learn Context Window in Hindi?
This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain Context Window in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.
Is this Context Window tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 13 of 46 in the free Prompt Engineering roadmap, in stage 2, Sampling Parameters. If you are new to Prompt Engineering, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.