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they can be word combinations, or mathematical values related to
groups of words. The computer learns which features are related
to documents in each category, and which distinguish between the
categories.
When a new document is presented for classification, the computer compares the features of that document with the features
known to distinguish the categories and then assigns the new
document to the appropriate category based on its features.