AI Glossary
Every AI term explained at three levels — plain English, practical context, and full technical depth.
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Systems
1 termsTraining
3 termsFine-tuningModel Fine-tuning
Teaching a general AI to specialize in your domain
trainingmodels
QuantizationModel Weight Quantization
Making AI models smaller without making them much dumber
traininginference
RLHFReinforcement Learning from Human Feedback
How AI learns to be helpful and safe from human ratings
trainingalignment
Infrastructure
4 termsGGUFGGML Unified Format
The file format that lets LLMs run on any device
infrastructurequantization
MLXApple Machine Learning eXchange
Apple's ML framework built for Apple Silicon unified memory
infrastructureApple
Vector DatabaseVector Database
A database that searches by meaning, not exact words
infrastructureretrieval
vLLMVirtual LLM Serving Library
The production inference engine behind most LLM APIs
infrastructureproduction
Techniques
1 terms