Glossary
AI words in beginner language.
Each term connects to what the learner builds in the path.
AI
Software that can help with thinking, writing, images, code, and patterns.
Example: Software that can help with thinking, writing, images, code, and patterns.
Model
The trained system that produces an answer from your input.
Example: The trained system that produces an answer from your input.
Prompt
The request or instruction you give an AI tool.
Example: The request or instruction you give an AI tool.
Context
Helpful background that makes a prompt easier to answer.
Example: Helpful background that makes a prompt easier to answer.
Hallucination
An answer that sounds confident but may be wrong.
Example: An answer that sounds confident but may be wrong.
Data
Examples, facts, numbers, or text that a tool can use.
Example: Examples, facts, numbers, or text that a tool can use.
API
A way for apps to ask another service for help.
Example: A way for apps to ask another service for help.
Frontend
The part of the app people see and use.
Example: The part of the app people see and use.
Backend
The hidden part that saves data or talks to services.
Example: The hidden part that saves data or talks to services.
Rubric
A checklist that explains how work will be scored.
Example: A checklist that explains how work will be scored.
Evaluation
Feedback that scores work and suggests the next improvement.
Example: Feedback that scores work and suggests the next improvement.