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.