recog

Recog is an informal abbreviation derived from the words recognition or reconnaissance, used across several unrelated domains to denote shorthand references to related processes or activities.

In technology and computer science, recog commonly refers to recognition tasks performed by algorithms. This includes speech recognition (speech recog), image or facial recognition (face recog), and text recognition as part of optical character recognition pipelines. In AI and computer vision contexts, recog appears in code, dataset descriptions, and project discussions as a convenient label for the recognition component of a system. The term is not standardized and can vary between projects or teams.

In military and intelligence contexts, recog is shorthand for reconnaissance activities, used in planning, surveillance, and terrain or enemy-position analysis. It can describe missions, units, or operations intended to gather information. The term tends to appear in informal documentation, orders, or after-action notes where brevity is valued.

In cognitive science and psychology, recognition refers to a memory process by which a stimulus is identified as familiar. Although formal scholarly writing generally avoids slang abbreviations, recog may show up in notes, discussions, or informal communication to reference recognition memory or the act of recognizing stimuli.

See also: recognition, recognition memory, recognition in AI, OCR, speech recognition, facial recognition, reconnaissance.