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Transfer learning is a technique where a model pre-trained on a large, general dataset (e.g., ImageNet for computer vision) is fine-tuned for a specific task with limited data. NVIDIA’s Deep Learning AI documentation, particularly for frameworks like NeMo and TensorRT, emphasizes transfer learning as a powerful approach to improve model performance when labeled data is scarce. For example, a pre-trained convolutional neural network (CNN) can be fine-tuned for animal image classification by reusing its learned features (e.g., edge detection) and adapting the final layers to the new task. Option A (dropout) is a regularization technique, not a knowledge transfer method. Option B (random initialization) discards pre-trained knowledge. Option D (early stopping) prevents overfitting but does not leverage pre-trained models.