zeroPad
ZeroPad, sometimes written as zeroPad, refers to the practice of extending data with zeros to reach a desired length or dimensionality. It is widely used across signal processing, cryptography, and machine learning to standardize inputs, improve computational properties, or prepare data for algorithms that require fixed sizes.
In signal processing and digital data handling, zero-padding appends zeros to a sequence. This increases the
In cryptography, zero padding fills a plaintext to a block boundary with zeros. If the original message
In machine learning and natural language processing, zero-padding creates uniform-length inputs in a batch. Sequences shorter
Pros include simplicity and low overhead; cons include potential artifacts or leakage of sequence length information
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