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In data science and machine learning, a feature is a measurable property of a phenomenon.
In the raw data form, it normally refers to a single column in the data set such as follows:
| name | favorite color | height | net worth |
| james | red | 1.7 | 5000 |
| josh | blue | 1.8 | 4000 |
In this dataset, favorite color is a feature, and height is another one. They both describes some measureable property of people like james and josh
favorite color would be refer to as a discrete-valued feature, while height a continuous feature, and the whole row
| james | red | 1.7 | 5000 |