Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frecency

/ˈfɹiːsənsi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fre-cen-cy
IPA: /ˈfɹiːsənsi/

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any heuristic that combines the frequency and recency into a single measure, typically used to predict page revisits in a web browser.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"For example, a feature called "frecency" compiles the user's browing^([sic]) history to suggest similar websites and searches."
"[…] the AwesomeBar will match what you’re typing (even multiple words!) against the URLs, page titles, and tags in your bookmarks and history, returning results sorted by “frecency” (an algorithm combining frequency + recency)."
"So the more often and the more recently you’ve been there, the higher “frecency” it has and the higher it’s rated."
"[…] or improve our cache performance so that we're keeping cached items that are related to sites with high frecency -- […]"
"No, Tb [Thunderbird] has yet to develope^([sic]) the Fx [Firefox] frecency thing. It's just simple pattern matching, IIUC."
"Regarding collection usage, frecency metrics are employed, combining frequency and recency, to effectively capture concept drift and temporal trends."

Etymology

Blend of frequency + recency, coined for the development of Mozilla Firefox.

Usage

Inflected Forms

frecencies (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce frecency?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɹiːsənsi/.
What does frecency mean?: Any heuristic that combines the frequency and recency into a single measure, typically used to predict page revisits in a web browser.
Where does frecency come from?: Blend of frequency + recency, coined for the development of Mozilla Firefox.

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