Local AI Glossary
What is Adapter?
Source: local-llm.net/glossary
A small trainable module inserted into a pre-trained model to modify its behavior without changing the original weights. LoRA adapters are the most common type, typically adding only 0.1-1% additional parameters. Adapters can be swapped in and out to give a single base model different capabilities.
How Adapter fits in the local AI stack
Adapter is part of the broader local AI ecosystem. See the related guides, comparisons, and tools below to see how it applies in practice.
See also
- Full Local AI Glossary
- All learn topics
- What is Local AI?
- Quantization explained
- Hardware requirements
- How to choose a local LLM