# Transferability

> Source: https://sukruyusufkaya.com/en/glossary/transferability
> Updated: 2026-05-13T20:00:15.501Z
> Type: glossary
> Category: uretken-yapay-zeka-ve-llm
**TLDR:** The ability of a model to transfer what it learned during pretraining into different tasks and domains.

<p>Transferability is one of the central value propositions of the foundation model paradigm. The ability to adapt a single pretrained model to many downstream tasks offers strong benefits in both cost and development speed. It is one of the key criteria for understanding whether a model is truly general-purpose.</p>