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01The Big Picture02Model Architectures03How Models Learn04How Models Run05Getting Models to Act06Language & Perception07Measuring Models08Safety & Alignment09Hardware & Infrastructure10Version Control11The Command Line12Databases & SQL13Environments & Packaging14Shipping & Collaboration15The Workbench
04 · How Models Run

TPS

Tokens Per Second

InterOperators

How fast the model streams output once it starts. Higher = text appears faster. With TTFT, this defines how “snappy” a model feels.

Concrete example

The speed at which words scroll out once the reply begins.

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TemperatureA sampling randomness controlTokenThe unit a model reads & writesTTFTTime To First Token
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