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The AI Glossary
Plain-English definitions. A to Z. Search or browse.
- AAgent
- Software that takes a goal, decides the steps, uses tools and data, and completes the work, with human oversight where you want it.
- AAI Employee
- An AI agent packaged around a job role, with starter workflows and supervision.
- AAPI
- A way for two software systems to talk to each other, so an AI can read from or write to your tools.
- AAutomation
- Software that completes tasks without manual effort.
- CChatbot
- A program that answers questions in conversation, typically without taking actions in other systems.
- CComputer Vision
- AI that understands images and video, such as reading a document or recognising a product.
- EEmbedding
- A way of turning text into numbers so a computer can compare meaning, not just matching words.
- FFine-tuning
- Training an existing AI model further on your own examples so it behaves more like you need.
- GGenerative AI
- AI that creates new content such as text, images or summaries.
- HHallucination
- When an AI states something false with confidence.
- HHuman-in-the-loop
- A design where a person reviews or approves what the AI does at chosen points.
- IIntegration
- A connection between systems so data and actions can flow between them.
- LLLM (Large Language Model)
- An AI model trained on huge amounts of text to understand and generate language.
- MMachine Learning
- Software that learns patterns from data instead of following only fixed rules.
- MMulti-tenant
- One software platform serving many customers, with each customer's data kept separate.
- NNLP (Natural Language Processing)
- AI that reads and writes human language.
- PPredictive Analytics
- Using past data to estimate what is likely to happen next.
- PPrompt
- The instruction you give an AI model.
- RRAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
- Letting an AI look up passages from your documents before answering, so answers are grounded and sourced.
- SSaaS (Software as a Service)
- Software customers use online, usually by subscription.
- VVector Database
- A database that stores embeddings so an AI can quickly find passages with similar meaning.
- WWorkflow
- A series of steps that moves a piece of work from start to finish.
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