Fold number

The term "fold number" can refer to different concepts depending on the context, but it is most commonly associated with two specific areas: mathematics (especially in relation to data analysis and machine learning) and biological structures (particularly in protein folding). 1. **In Data Analysis and Machine Learning**: - The term "fold number" often arises in the context of "cross-validation," a technique used to assess how the results of a statistical analysis will generalize to an independent dataset.