How to pronounce GaLore

GaLore is most commonly pronounced "guh LOR" (/ɡəˈlɔːr/). This is one of several readings in active use; the developer community hasn't converged on a single answer.

Memory-efficient LLM training method = 'GRAdient LOw-Rank projEction' (ICML 2024 oral, jiaweizzhao/GaLore), pitched as a more memory-efficient cousin of LoRA. The casing 'GaLore' reads as a homograph of the English word 'galore' (/ɡəˈlɔːr/, stress on the SECOND syllable, as in 'savings galore') — which strongly suggests the intended reading is guh-LOR, a wink at LoRA. Note: this pun is an inference; the paper and authors don't state the pronunciation. Because the capital L splits it visually into Ga+Lore, many practitioners instead read it as an initialism with FIRST-syllable stress, GAL-or. Genuinely split in practice.

Alternate readings you might hear:

• "GAL or" /ˈɡæ.lɔːr/

Source: GaLore paper, 'Memory-Efficient LLM Training by Gradient Low-Rank Projection' (arXiv:2403.03507)

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