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What is SVM in Scikit-Learn?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
SVM finds optimal hyperplane separating classes.
Deep explanation
It maximizes margin between classes and supports kernel trick for nonlinear separation.
Real-world example
Used in text classification tasks.
Common mistakes
- Not scaling data before training SVM.
Follow-up questions
- What is kernel trick?
- Linear vs nonlinear SVM?