Enterprise AI Glossary
Cut through the jargon. Clear definitions for executives.
Agent Orchestration
Coordinating multiple AI agents to work together on complex workflows, each specializing in specific tasks.
Agentic Workflow
Autonomous processes where AI agents perceive, plan, and execute multi-step tasks without human intervention, escalating only exceptions.
Context Window
Maximum amount of text (in tokens) an LLM can process in a single request.
Embedding
Numerical representation of text that captures semantic meaning, used for similarity search and RAG.
ETL (Extract, Transform, Load)
Data pipeline process for extracting data from sources, transforming it, and loading it into target systems.
EU AI Act
Comprehensive AI regulation framework from the European Union categorizing AI systems by risk level.
Explainability
The ability to understand and articulate why an AI system made a specific decision.
Fine-Tuning
The process of adapting open-weights models (like Llama 3) on proprietary enterprise data to increase accuracy and reduce hallucinations without API leakage.
Friction Mapping
Process of identifying organizational bottlenecks and time-consuming activities that could be automated with AI.
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)
EU data privacy law requiring explicit consent, right to deletion, and data protection for personal information.
Hallucination
When an AI model generates false or fabricated information that sounds plausible but is factually incorrect.
Human-in-the-Loop (HITL)
Workflow design where humans review and approve high-stakes AI decisions before execution.
LLM (Large Language Model)
AI models trained on vast text data to understand and generate human language (GPT-4, Claude, Llama).
Model Drift
Degradation of AI model performance over time as real-world data patterns change from training data.
PII (Personally Identifiable Information)
Personal data such as SSN, email, phone numbers, medical records that must be protected under privacy regulations.
Prompt Engineering
Crafting precise instructions and examples to guide AI models toward desired outputs.
R-Guard Engine
The software kernel that intercepts agent actions and blocks them if they are unsafe or violate governance policies.
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
Architecture pattern where LLMs query a knowledge base before generating responses, combining retrieval and generation for more accurate, grounded answers.
RIF-7 Framework
Ryzolv's architecture for autonomous AI governance - coded into Rflow™ and designed for enterprise compliance. RIF-7 enforces human-in-the-loop gates, logs every decision cryptographically, and blocks unauthorized operations.
Risk Scoring
Automatic evaluation of an AI decision on a 0-100 scale. High scores trigger human review.
Shadow Mode
Testing approach where AI systems run in parallel with human operations, making recommendations but not decisions, to validate accuracy.
Sovereign Infrastructure (Air-Gapped)
Architecture where all LLMs, embeddings, and decision logs remain within your corporate firewall or VPC. Zero API calls to external cloud providers (no OpenAI, Azure, or public inference). Equivalent to on-premise AI infrastructure, but cloud-native. All model weights stay under your control.
Token
Unit of text processed by LLMs (roughly 4 characters). Models have token limits and pricing is per-token.
Tool Calling (Function Calling)
LLM capability to invoke external APIs, databases, or functions as part of task execution.
Use Case Prioritization
Ranking AI opportunities from highest-impact to lowest, considering both business value ($$$) and technical complexity.
Vector Database
Specialized database (like Pinecone, Weaviate) that stores embeddings and enables semantic search for RAG pipelines.