Tech Glossary

AI systems capable of autonomous decision-making and multi-step task execution with minimal human intervention.

An autonomous AI system that can perceive its environment, make decisions, and take actions to achieve specific goals.

Automated Market Maker - A DEX mechanism that uses algorithms and liquidity pools instead of order books.

Application Programming Interface - A set of protocols enabling different software applications to communicate.

Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment - Automated practices for frequently integrating code and deploying to production.

An approach to e-commerce using best-of-breed, modular components that can be assembled into custom solutions.

AI field focused on enabling computers to interpret and understand visual information from images and videos.

A lightweight, standalone executable package that includes everything needed to run a piece of software.

The percentage of website visitors who complete a desired action, such as making a purchase.

Decentralized Autonomous Organization - An organization governed by smart contracts and token holder voting rather than centralized leadership.

Decentralized Application - An application that runs on a blockchain network rather than centralized servers.

Decentralized Finance - Financial services built on blockchain technology without traditional intermediaries.

Decentralized Exchange - A cryptocurrency exchange that operates without a central authority using smart contracts.

A platform for developing, shipping, and running applications in isolated containers for consistent environments.

Numerical representations of text, images, or other data in a high-dimensional vector space, enabling semantic similarity comparisons.

The process of further training a pre-trained model on domain-specific data to improve performance on specific tasks.

The unit measuring computational effort required to execute operations on the Ethereum network, paid in ETH.

A practice of using Git as the single source of truth for declarative infrastructure and applications.

A query language for APIs that allows clients to request exactly the data they need in a single request.

When an AI model generates plausible-sounding but factually incorrect or nonsensical information.

E-commerce architecture that separates the frontend presentation layer from backend commerce functionality.

Managing and provisioning infrastructure through machine-readable configuration files rather than manual processes.

An architecture pattern using JavaScript, APIs, and Markup to build fast, secure websites with pre-rendered pages.

An open-source container orchestration platform for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.

Scaling solutions built on top of a blockchain (Layer 1) to improve transaction speed and reduce costs.

Large Language Model - AI models trained on vast amounts of text data capable of understanding and generating human-like text.

Operational practices specific to deploying, monitoring, and managing large language models in production.

Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native, Headless - Architecture principles for modern, composable digital commerce.

Machine Learning Operations - Practices for deploying, monitoring, and maintaining ML models in production environments.

The process of using a trained machine learning model to make predictions on new data.

Non-Fungible Token - A unique digital asset on a blockchain representing ownership of items like art, collectibles, or real estate.

Natural Language Processing - AI techniques for understanding, interpreting, and generating human language.

A unified approach to commerce that provides consistent customer experience across all channels and touchpoints.

Order Management System - Software for tracking and managing orders from placement through fulfillment.

Product Information Management - A system for centralizing and managing product data across sales channels.

The practice of designing and optimizing input prompts to get desired outputs from large language models.

Progressive Web App - Web applications that use modern technologies to deliver app-like experiences with offline capabilities.

Retrieval-Augmented Generation - A technique that enhances LLM responses by retrieving relevant information from external knowledge bases before generating answers.

Representational State Transfer API - An architectural style for designing networked applications using HTTP methods.

Stock Keeping Unit - A unique identifier for each distinct product and service that can be purchased.

Self-executing code deployed on a blockchain that automatically enforces agreement terms when conditions are met.

The primary programming language for writing smart contracts on Ethereum and EVM-compatible blockchains.

Static Site Generation - Pre-rendering pages at build time rather than on each request, for faster performance.

Server-Side Rendering - Rendering web pages on the server before sending to the client, improving SEO and initial load time.

An open-source infrastructure as code tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure safely and efficiently.

The economic design and incentive structures of a cryptocurrency or token system.

A neural network architecture using self-attention mechanisms, forming the basis of modern LLMs like GPT and BERT.

A database optimized for storing and querying high-dimensional vectors, commonly used in AI for similarity search.

The next evolution of the internet built on blockchain technology, emphasizing decentralization and user ownership.

A protocol providing full-duplex communication channels over a single TCP connection for real-time data transfer.