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The context window is the maximum number of tokens an LLM can process in a single inference, including the system prompt, memory files, conversation history, and the code of the current task, and it is a fixed budget.
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UnverifiedThe context window refers to the upper limit of input tokens a model can accommodate in a single inference; the system prompt, user messages, tool results and conversation history share this budget, and once exceeded, it is either truncated or an error is returned.76% similarPartially VerifiedThe context window refers to the maximum total number of tokens a model can process in a single request, including the input prompt and the model output.72% similarUnverifiedThe output of a single LLM call is generally a piece of text, whereas an Agent Loop delivers task results such as fixed code, completed reports, or database operations.71% similarUnverifiedAn analogy can be used to understand it: the LLM is the CPU responsible for reasoning, the context window is the RAM serving as working memory, and context engineering is the operating system that decides what gets loaded, when it gets loaded, and in what format.70% similarUnverified现代 LLM 应用通常将上下文分为三层：系统提示词、对话历史和用户输入70% similar
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