AI & Document Intelligence Glossary
Clear definitions for key terms in AI document processing, retrieval augmented generation, and enterprise AI.
Access Control
EnterpriseRestricting document and information access based on user permissions.
Read definitionAgentic AI
AI TechnologyAI systems that can autonomously plan, reason, and execute multi-step tasks.
Read definitionAI Citations
Core ConceptsReferences that trace AI-generated answers back to source documents.
Read definitionAI Hallucination
AI TechnologyWhen AI generates confident but factually incorrect information.
Read definitionData Extraction
Document ProcessingAutomatically pulling structured information from unstructured documents.
Read definitionData Governance
EnterprisePolicies and processes for managing data quality, security, and compliance.
Read definitionDocument AI
Document ProcessingAI technologies for understanding, processing, and extracting information from documents.
Read definitionDocument Classification
Document ProcessingAutomatically categorising documents by type, topic, or purpose.
Read definitionDocument Parsing
Document ProcessingConverting documents into structured, machine-readable data.
Read definitionEmbedding
Data InfrastructureA numerical representation of text that captures its semantic meaning.
Read definitionEnterprise AI
EnterpriseAI systems designed for business use with appropriate security, governance, and integration capabilities.
Read definitionEnterprise Search
EnterpriseSearch technology designed to find information across an organisation's documents and systems.
Read definitionInference
AI TechnologyRunning a trained AI model to generate predictions or outputs.
Read definitionInformation Retrieval
Core ConceptsFinding relevant documents or passages from a large collection based on a query.
Read definitionIntelligent Document Processing (IDP)
Document ProcessingAI-powered automation that extracts, classifies, and processes data from documents.
Read definitionPDF Parsing
Document ProcessingExtracting text, structure, and data from PDF documents.
Read definitionPrivate Cloud
EnterpriseCloud infrastructure dedicated to a single organisation for enhanced security and control.
Read definitionPrompt Engineering
AI TechnologyCrafting effective instructions to get desired outputs from AI models.
Read definitionRecall and Precision
Core ConceptsMetrics measuring how completely and accurately a system retrieves relevant results.
Read definitionReranking
Data InfrastructureReordering search results using a more sophisticated model to improve relevance.
Read definitionRetrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
Core ConceptsA technique that grounds AI responses in retrieved documents for accurate, cited answers.
Read definitionTable Extraction
Document ProcessingIdentifying and extracting tabular data from documents while preserving structure.
Read definitionToken
AI TechnologyThe basic unit of text that AI models process, roughly equivalent to a word or word piece.
Read definitionTransformer
AI TechnologyThe neural network architecture that powers modern language models.
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