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It appears to confuse classical and operant conditioning in a manner that is so blatant as to be embarrassing. Was the author literate in the field of psychology. 96.45.6.195 ( talk) 14:16, 30 December 2010 (UTC) reply

I concur... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.88.1.215 ( talk) 09:06, 6 April 2012 (UTC) reply

It would be nice to describe how this term is being used in computer science, e.g, the Brotli compression algortihms. Unfortunately, I can't write it as I don't understand it at all. :) Charles Merriam ( talk) 19:09, 30 September 2023 (UTC) reply