# Rater (machine learning) > A human who provides labels for examples. "Annotator" is another name for rater.[^1] A human who provides [labels](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/Label%20(machine%20learning.txt)) for [examples](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/Example%20(machine%20learning.txt)). "Annotator" is another name for rater.[^1] ## Footnotes [^1]: https://developers.google.com/machine-learning/glossary#rater