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Reference:

GLOSSARY.

Plain-English definitions for the AI terms you'll actually run into — at work, in tutorials, in vendor pitches.

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A

Agent
Agentic Workflow
Alignment
API
API Key
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Assistant
Attention
Autonomy

B

Benchmark
Bias (AI)
BM25
Branching

C

Chain-of-Thought (CoT)
Chatbot
Chunking
Code Generation
Context Window
Copilot
Cost Per Token
Credential

D

Data Pipeline
Deep Learning (DL)
Distillation

E

Embedding
Error Handling
ETL
Evaluation (Eval)

F

Few-Shot Learning
Fine-Tuning
Foundation Model
Frontier Model

G

Generative AI (GenAI)
Guardrails

H

Hallucination
Hybrid Search

I

Idempotency
Image Generation
In-Context Learning (ICL)
Inference
iPaaS

J

Jailbreak

K

Knowledge Base

L

Large Language Model (LLM)
Latency
Loop
Low-Code / No-Code

M

Machine Learning (ML)
Memory (Agent)
Metadata Filter
Mixture of Experts (MoE)
Model Card
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Multi-Agent
Multimodal

N

Neural Network
Node

O

Orchestration

P

Parameters
Planning (Agent)
Post-Training
Pre-Training
Prompt
Prompt Injection

Q

Quantization
Queue

R

Rate Limit
ReAct
Reasoning Loop
Reasoning Model
Reranking
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

S

Safety (AI)
Scheduler
Self-Hosted
Semantic Search
Skill
Streaming
Structured Output
System Prompt

T

Temperature
Token
Tool Use
Training Data
Transformer
Trigger

V

Vector Database
Voice Assistant

W

Webhook
Workflow

Z

Zero-Shot Learning

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