Was ist Embedding

Definition

An embedding is the mathematical representation of a word, phrase, or document as a high-dimensional vector that numerically captures its semantic meaning.

Explanation

Embeddings transform human language into numerical vectors such that semantically similar concepts are positioned closely in the mathematical space. For example, the vectors for "Vertrieb" (German for sales) and "Sales" exhibit a high degree of similarity, despite being distinct words. In modern B2B and SaaS applications, embeddings underpin intelligent search functionalities, recommendation systems, and semantic analysis. They enable, for instance, searching CRM databases for pertinent sales opportunities or, as part of RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), rapidly providing the most relevant sections from internal knowledge bases for AI response generation.