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- noun computing Any
heuristic measure that combines thefrequency andrecency of visits to a givenURI , used by someweb browsers to rank URIs.
Etymologies
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The thumbnails are futher filtered by a "frecency" algorithm which provides matches based on the frequency of visitation and the recency of the user's last visit.
Ars Technica 2009
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The means by which a user arrived at a given URL the “transition type” is taken into account when calculating frecency.
Tweak the ‘AwesomeBar”s Suggestion Algorithm | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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The frecency of sites is calculated when the browser is idle.
Tweak the ‘AwesomeBar”s Suggestion Algorithm | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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Here are the frecency types and the percent bonus given to their particular type default values listed here.
Tweak the ‘AwesomeBar”s Suggestion Algorithm | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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Firefox takes into account how frequently and how recently sites in the browser history were visited, combining them into a statistic called “frecency.”
Tweak the ‘AwesomeBar”s Suggestion Algorithm | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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A combination of frequency and recency of visits, the Mozilla developers call the “AwesomeBar”‘s suggestion algorithm “frecency”—but it’s not set in stone or hidden away somewhere.
Tweak the ‘AwesomeBar”s Suggestion Algorithm | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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The way frecency is computed can be tweaked by a number of preferences.
Tweak the ‘AwesomeBar”s Suggestion Algorithm | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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Crash [@ js_Interpret] bug 418304 jsDriver. pl: Replacing Getopt:: Mixed by Getopt:: Long bug 458801 frecency algorithm is high-maintenance bug 476298
unknown title 2009
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Decay frecency values to estimate recalculating frecencies bug 481444
unknown title 2009
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Crash [@ js_Interpret] bug 418304 jsDriver. pl: Replacing Getopt:: Mixed by Getopt:: Long bug 458801 frecency algorithm is high-maintenance bug 476298
unknown title 2009
vanishedone commented on the word frecency
'Results are returned according to their frecency (a combination of frequency and recency of visits to that page) ensuring that you're seeing the most relevant matches.'
mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0rc2/releasenotes/
June 5, 2008
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Che brutezza, sono senza parole gia'.
June 5, 2008
seanahan commented on the word frecency
This word makes my ears bleed.
June 9, 2008
whichbe commented on the word frecency
This makes me think of "free" and "decency"...
June 9, 2008
twelveplusone commented on the word frecency
Sounds like a badly tuned FM radio.
June 9, 2008
dontcry commented on the word frecency
It makes me think of "Frecency Duetsche?"
June 9, 2008