GPT, LLM, agent, prompt… What does it all mean? A short glossary without jargon.
AI comes with a lot of new words. Here are the most important ones, in plain language.
The key terms
- AI: software that does tasks normally requiring thinking.
- LLM / GPT: a language model that understands and writes text, like ChatGPT.
- Prompt: the instruction or question you give the AI.
- AI agent: a digital colleague that handles a task on its own. Read AI agents in practice.
- Private GPT: a closed, secure variant trained on your own data.
Why this helps
If you understand the words, you can better judge what AI can do for your business — and what is hype.
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