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Glossary: Deep Learning Basics

Convolution

Also written: conv2d, nn.Conv2d, convolutional layer

Sliding a small grid of weights (the kernel) across an image, multiplying and summing at each position to build a feature map. The same weights are used everywhere, so a pattern learned in one place is recognized in all places.

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

Kernel (filter)Feature mapPaddingStrideCNN (convolutional neural network)