AI Glossary

Plain-language definitions for the AI terms buyers ask about, with practical technical detail for implementation teams.

Core AI (10) · Workflows & Ops (8) · Buyer & Trust (7)

Core AI

What are AI Agents?

AI agents are systems that can decide and take actions toward a goal using tools and data.

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Core AI

What are AI Guardrails?

Guardrails are controls that keep AI outputs and actions safe, compliant, and useful.

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Core AI

What are Embeddings?

Embeddings are numeric representations of meaning used for similarity search.

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What is a Hallucination in AI?

A hallucination is a model output that sounds confident but is not grounded in facts.

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Core AI

What is a Large Language Model (LLM)?

An LLM is a model trained on large text data to predict and generate language.

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Core AI

What is Agentic Commerce?

Agentic commerce is when AI systems help complete real buying and selling tasks, not just answer questions.

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Core AI

What is AI Inference?

AI inference is when a trained model produces an output in production.

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Core AI

What is Fine-tuning?

Fine-tuning retrains a base model on your examples for more consistent behavior.

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What is Prompt Engineering?

Prompt engineering is designing instructions so models return useful, reliable outputs.

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Core AI

What is Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)?

RAG is a method where AI retrieves relevant documents before generating an answer.

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Workflows & Ops

What are Webhooks?

Webhooks are real-time event callbacks sent from one system to another.

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Workflows & Ops

What is a KPI / Productivity Snapshot?

A KPI snapshot is a regular summary of key workflow outcomes and bottlenecks.

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Workflows & Ops

What is an Audit Trail?

An audit trail is a timestamped record of what happened, who did it, and why.

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Workflows & Ops

What is API Integration?

API integration is how systems exchange data and trigger actions programmatically.

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Workflows & Ops

What is Human-in-the-Loop (HITL)?

Human-in-the-loop means people review or approve key AI decisions before final action.

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Workflows & Ops

What is Lead Routing?

Lead routing assigns new leads to the right owner or queue based on defined rules.

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Workflows & Ops

What is Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)?

RBAC controls what users and systems can do based on assigned roles.

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Workflows & Ops

What is Workflow Automation?

Workflow automation routes tasks through defined triggers, rules, and actions.

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Buyer & Trust

What is an A/B Test?

An A/B test compares two variants to see which performs better on a defined metric.

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What is Customer Churn?

Customer churn is when customers stop buying, renewing, or actively using your product.

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What is Data Privacy (PII)?

Data privacy protects personal information and defines how it is collected, used, and shared.

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What is Data Retention?

Data retention defines how long data is stored and when it is deleted or archived.

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What is Model Evaluation?

Model evaluation measures output quality, reliability, and business fitness before and after launch.

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What is ROI for AI Projects?

AI ROI measures whether AI work creates more value than it costs.

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What is SOC 2?

SOC 2 is an audit framework for controls related to security, availability, and data handling.

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