📖 Glossary

Algorithmic trading uses computer programs to execute trade orders automatically based on predefined sets of rules and market conditions.

An Application Programming Interface (API) is a set of rules and protocols that allows different software applications to communicate and exchange data with each other.

A backlink is a hyperlink from one website to a page on another website.

A blockchain is a decentralized, distributed digital ledger that records transactions across many computers in a way that makes them difficult to alter.

Cloud computing delivers on-demand computing services, including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence, over the internet.

Core Web Vitals are a set of specific metrics from Google that measure user experience aspects of web page loading, interactivity, and visual stability.

DeFi, or Decentralized Finance, refers to a system of financial applications built on blockchain technology that operates without central intermediaries.

Edge computing processes data closer to its source, rather than sending it to a centralized cloud or data center.

Fine-tuning is the process of taking a pre-trained machine learning model and further training it on a smaller, task-specific dataset to adapt its performance to a new domain or application.

Generative AI refers to artificial intelligence models capable of producing new and original content, such as text, images, audio, or code, that did not exist before.

Hallucination occurs when an artificial intelligence model generates outputs that are factually incorrect, nonsensical, or fabricated, despite appearing confident and coherent.

Inference is the process where a trained artificial intelligence model uses new, unseen data to make predictions or generate outputs.

A Large Language Model is an artificial intelligence system trained on extensive text datasets to understand, generate, and process human language.

Machine learning allows computer systems to learn from data and improve their performance on tasks without explicit programming.

A neobank is a financial institution that operates exclusively online, without traditional physical branches, offering banking services entirely through digital platforms.

A neural network is a computational model inspired by the structure and function of biological brains, designed to recognize patterns and learn from data.

An NFT, or Non-Fungible Token, is a unique digital identifier recorded on a blockchain that verifies ownership of a specific item or piece of content, which can be digital or physical.

Open Banking is a system that allows customers to securely share their financial data from banks with authorized third-party providers through application programming interfaces (APIs).

Open source refers to software whose source code is made publicly available, allowing anyone to view, modify, and distribute it under specific licensing terms.

Prompt Engineering is the practice of designing and refining inputs, known as prompts, to guide artificial intelligence models to produce desired outputs.

Quantum Computing is a new computing paradigm that uses principles of quantum mechanics, such as superposition and entanglement, to process information.

Retrieval-Augmented Generation is an artificial intelligence technique that enhances large language models by retrieving relevant information from an external knowledge base before generating a response.

Schema Markup is a standardized vocabulary of tags and attributes that website owners add to HTML to help search engines better understand the content on their web pages.

SEO is the process of improving a website's visibility in unpaid search engine results to attract more relevant traffic.

A smart contract is a self-executing agreement where the terms between parties are directly written into lines of code, stored and executed on a blockchain.

A cryptocurrency designed to maintain a stable value relative to a specific asset, typically a fiat currency like the US dollar.

Staking involves locking up cryptocurrency assets to support the operations and security of a blockchain network, typically in exchange for rewards.

In artificial intelligence, particularly large language models, a token is a fundamental unit of text or data that a model processes.