AI Glossary

214+ essential AI terms explained clearly - from A to Z.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
S

12 terms

Showing all terms starting with S

Semantic Search

Search that understands the meaning and intent behind a query rather than matching exact keywords, powered by embeddings and vector databases.

Speech-to-Text (STT)

AI technology that converts spoken audio into written text, used in transcription tools, voice assistants, and accessibility software.

System Prompt

A hidden instruction given to an LLM before the user's message, used to set its persona, behaviour, and constraints.

Structured Output

Model responses formatted as JSON, XML, or another schema, making AI outputs directly usable in downstream code without parsing.

Self-Attention

The core operation in transformers where each token in a sequence attends to all other tokens to capture context and dependencies.

Self-Supervised Learning

Training on unlabelled data by creating labels automatically from the data itself, for example by masking tokens or predicting the next word.

Sequence-to-Sequence (Seq2Seq)

An encoder-decoder architecture that transforms one sequence (e.g., a sentence in French) into another (e.g., English), used in translation and summarisation.

Similarity Score

A numerical measure of how closely related two embeddings are, typically computed using cosine similarity or dot product.

Softmax

An activation function that converts a vector of raw scores into a probability distribution over classes, used in the output layer of classifiers.

Sparse Model

A model where most parameter weights are zero or inactive, enabling large theoretical capacity with low practical compute cost.

Supervised Learning

Training an AI model on labelled input-output pairs so it learns to predict the correct output for new, unseen inputs.

Synthetic Data

Artificially generated data used to augment or replace real training data, useful when real data is scarce, sensitive, or expensive to collect.

Jump to letter
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

214 terms across 26 letters

Browse AI Tools

Stay Updated with New AI Tools

Get a weekly digest of the most interesting new AI tools straight to your inbox.

No spam. Unsubscribe any time.

We use cookies to improve your experience on AIOneFrame. Essential cookies are always active. By clicking "Accept All", you also agree to analytics and marketing cookies. Learn more