AI glossary
Clear definitions for 20 AI terms, the jargon and the concepts. This is the vocabulary you need to follow the rest of the site.
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API
An Application Programming Interface, a way for different software programs to communicate with each other. APIs let developers connect their apps to AI services.
Artificial Intelligence
Software that can perform tasks that normally require human thinking, such as understanding language, recognising images, or making decisions.
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Token
A small unit of text that AI language models use to process and generate language. A token can be a word, part of a word, or a punctuation mark.
Training Data
The collection of examples an AI model learns from during its training process. The quality and size of training data directly affects how well the model performs.
Transformer
A type of neural network architecture that processes all parts of an input at once, making it highly effective for language tasks. It powers most modern AI chatbots.