Full glossary

Glossary

Context window

Also: context window · контекст

The model's working memory: all the text it takes into account when answering — instructions, history, files, command output and the reply itself. Measured in tokens.

Example

Claude Opus 5.5 has a 1M-token window. The /context command in Claude Code shows what it's spent on.

Where it shows up

Related terms

Source