dropout
Left before graduating
A dropout is someone who quits school before completing their degree or program: a high school dropout, college dropout.
The term carries connotations of failure or giving up, though some famous dropouts have succeeded spectacularly.
Dropout also describes the act of leaving: the dropout rate.
In electronics and audio, a dropout is a brief loss of signal.
Cease doing something
Penalty preventing model complexity
- overfittingExcess adaptation to samples
- layerSingle thickness of material
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- generalizationDeriving principles from examples
backpropagation · activation · epoch · batch · model · architecture · TensorFlow · mask
Rejects prevailing social standards
- maverickIndependent-minded rule-breaker
- iconoclastAttacker of cherished beliefs
- counterculturalOpposing mainstream society
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
unconventional · alternative · anti-establishment · dissident · renegade · contrarian · outsider · misfit
Unauthorized school no-show
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- attritionGradual reduction through loss
- disengagementWithdrawal from involvement
- absenteeismHabitual failure to attend
retention · underachievement · discontinuation · intervention · remediation · counseling · at-risk · socioeconomic
Shape removed from material
- interruptionBreak in continuity
- glitchMinor system fault
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- staticWithout motion or change
fade · connectivity · transmission · reception · spotty · intermittent · unstable · disruption
quit
Cease doing something
withdraw · depart · bail · discontinue · resign · retreat · disengage
regularization
Penalty preventing model complexity
- overfittingExcess adaptation to samples
- layerSingle thickness of material
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
generalization · backpropagation · activation · epoch · batch · model · architecture · TensorFlow · mask · probability
nonconformist
Rejects prevailing social standards
- maverickIndependent-minded rule-breaker
- iconoclastAttacker of cherished beliefs
- counterculturalOpposing mainstream society
bohemian · unconventional · alternative · anti-establishment · dissident · renegade · contrarian · outsider · misfit · reject
truant
Unauthorized school no-show
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- attritionGradual reduction through loss
- disengagementWithdrawal from involvement
absenteeism · retention · underachievement · discontinuation · intervention · remediation · counseling · at-risk · socioeconomic · disparity
cutout
Shape removed from material
- interruptionBreak in continuity
- glitchMinor system fault
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
static · fade · connectivity · transmission · reception · spotty · intermittent · unstable · disruption · gap
- academic choicesmajor, minor, electives, courses, classes
- School Outcomesgraduation, diploma, degree, failing grade, passing grade
- school problemsovercrowding, school funding, budget cuts, bullying, poor attendance
- ___ out wordsstrikeout, flyout, groundout, popup, lineout
- education inequalityachievement gap, inequality, opportunity gap, social mobility, class divide
- Eduspeakpedagogy, curriculum mapping, scaffolding, rubric, formative
dropoutgraduate
One who earned degree
alumnus · alumna · valedictorian · degree holder · scholar
dropoutfinisher
One who completes tasks
completer · perseverer · stayer · achiever · go-getter
dropoutconformist
One following accepted norms
insider · joiner · participant · establishmentarian · organization man