AI Glossary

AI terms people hear, explained from the ground up.

Plain-English glossary cards for the AI words showing up in YouTube videos, tool demos, work conversations, and product claims. It starts with everyday AI terms, then expands into working-user and deeper builder terms, now covering 60+ terms across three tiers.

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How AI Works

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You / Promptwhat you ask App or Chatbotwhere you type AIthe broad category

LLMone kind of AI that works with language

Contextwhat the AI can see right now Context Windowhow much it can hold Tokenhow AI breaks up text

Toolsoutside actions the AI can use Memorysaved information from before RAG / Retrievallooks up relevant info first

Responsethe answer you get

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