n-gram LM

Closed weights University of Cambridge,Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) July 1997

No estimate

No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

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Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
University of Cambridge,Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Organisation type
Academia,Academia
Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America
Published
1 July 1997
Authors
P Clarkson, R Rosenfeld

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Language
Task
Language modeling
Approach
Supervised

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Training data
tokens

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Record confidence
Unknown
Citations
954

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
Statistical language modeling using the CMU-Cambridge toolkit
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

Background

n-gram LM was published by University of Cambridge,Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), in the country recorded as United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, during July 1997. It comes out of an organisation categorised as academia,Academia.

It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as performing the task of language modeling.

Because the weights are not available, none of the hardware figures elsewhere on this site apply to it.

Answers

n-gram LM — common questions

01

n-gram LM— is it open source?

The licensing was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.

02

n-gram LM— how many parameters does it have?

No parameter count has been published for it, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

03

n-gram LM— who created it?

It was published by University of Cambridge,Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), based in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, an organisation categorised as academia,Academia.

04

n-gram LM— when was it released?

It was published in July 1997. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

05

n-gram LM— what is it used for?

It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as handling the task of language modeling. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.

06

n-gram LM— what GPU do I need to run it?

None. This is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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