inferencing

American  

[in-fer-uhns-ing] / ˈɪn fər əns ɪŋ /

noun

1. the process and practice of inferring or making inferences.

2. the process through which a deep learning model generates output in response to input.

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inferencing British  

/ ˈɪnfərənsɪŋ /

noun

1. psycholinguistics the practice of inferring the meaning of an unfamiliar word or expression from the meaning of familiar words occurring with it in a context together with one's knowledge of or beliefs about the world

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Example Sentences

It said its AI server division registered high double-digit revenue growth during the quarter amid solid demand, and that it sees long-term growth opportunities, particularly as AI demand shifts from training to inferencing.

From The Wall Street Journal

“While Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cowork as well as Clawdbot and other AI tools are not likely needle movers for Cloudflare in the short-term, we think the continued proliferation of AI agents benefits Cloudflare and its Workers platform as AI agents require low-latency, secure inferencing that often scales up and scales down and is close to the user or ‘edge’ of the network,” writes RBC analyst Matthew Hedberg.

From Barron's

Demand for memory and data storage remains strong, Citi said, and the long-term transition from training artificial-intelligence models to inferencing—applying those models to data—will only help.

From Barron's

Nomura estimates Kunlunxin’s revenue will hit 6.6 billion yuan in 2026, driven by growing demand for chips used for AI model inferencing.

From The Wall Street Journal

The company is also getting access to Groq’s technology that is designed for efficiently running “inferencing,” where trained AI models generate output.

From The Wall Street Journal