Glossary
Definitions of terms used in the curriculum.
Letter A18 terms
asyncio queue
- General
- A thread‑safe container used in Python’s async code to hold audio chunks until they are sent over a WebSocket.
Attach PDFs
- Features
- A button that lets you upload PDF files to a chat so the AI can read and cite information from them.
Audio Overview
- Features
- A podcast-style audio conversation that Gemini generates from a document, research report, or notebook so you can listen to the content instead of reading it.
audit logs
- Features
- Core
- A record of who did what and when in a system, such as sign-ins, exports and setting changes. It lets you find out what happened after a mistake or a breach.
Also known as: audit log, audit trail
1 other definition
audit logs · Features
Records that show who accessed data, what they did, and when it happened, useful for compliance checks. authentication
- Core
- Proving who you are to a service, for example with a password, a code or an API key. Deciding what you may do once you are in is a separate step, called authorisation.
Also known as: authenticate, authenticated
Auto
- Concepts
- The model-picker option that lets Cursor choose the best model for each request automatically, useful for routine edits.
auto-commit
- Concepts
- Aider's default behaviour of committing every AI-made change to Git with an auto-written message, so each edit has an audit trail you can undo.
Auto-fix
- Concepts
- A Cascade setting that detects lint errors introduced mid-task and corrects them automatically before the task finishes.
AutoAvatar
- Features
- A feature that generates a personalized avatar from uploaded photos or a short video of yourself.
Automations
- Features
- Base44's scheduler for backend jobs that run on a time schedule or on a data change, with no user needing to open the app.
AutoVoice
- Features
- A function that clones a voice by analyzing a brief audio sample and creates a synthetic speech model.
avatar
- Components
- Features
- A digital character you can select to appear on screen and speak your script.
Also known as: Avatar
1 other definition
Avatar · Components
The on‑screen digital presenter that speaks and moves in your video. Avatar dropdown
- Interface
- A list in the video editor where you pick which avatar (or angle) appears in a scene.
Avatar Shots
- Features
- A function that creates short cinematic clips with rapid scene changes and outfit swaps from a single prompt.
Avatars → Customize
- Interface
- The menu path to edit an avatar’s colors, logo, clothing or background.
AVV
- Documents
- Another name for a Data Processing Agreement used in German‑language contracts.
aws
- Commands
- The Amazon Web Services command-line tool; lets you control cloud services such as S3 storage and Lambda functions from the terminal.
Letter B17 terms
backstory
- Concepts
- A plain-English field in agents.yaml giving an agent context about its experience, further tuning how it behaves.
backup
- Core
- A copy of data kept somewhere else so you can restore it after a mistake, a failure or an attack. Test restoring it: a backup you have never restored may not work.
Also known as: backups
base_url
- Commands
- Concepts
- Files & config
- Libraries & Code
- The web address your code sends requests to; for Cerebras it is https://api.cerebras.ai/v1, and changing this is how you switch from the OpenAI SDK to Cerebras.
6 other definitions
base_url · Files & config
A setting in the OpenAI Python client that tells it which server to send requests to; changing it to a Groq or other compatible endpoint lets you swap providers without rewriting your code.base_url · Files & config
The openai SDK parameter pointed at Groq's endpoint so an OpenAI-compatible script runs on Groq by changing only this one value.base_url · Files & config
The web address of the model server Hermes talks to (e.g. a local LM Studio server).base_url · Commands
The openai SDK parameter set to Jan's local server so code written for the OpenAI API is redirected to your local model with no other changes.base_url · Libraries & Code
A configuration field that tells a client library where the API server lives — for LM Studio you set this to your local server address instead of OpenAI's cloud address.base_url · Concepts
A configuration setting that tells an API client where to send its requests; point it to http://localhost:11434/v1 to redirect OpenAI library calls to your local Ollama server. Bash
- Concepts
- Install
- Claude Code's built-in shell tool that executes terminal commands on your machine; it is the tool name used in permission rules and hooks.
Also known as: bash
1 other definition
bash · Install
The standard Linux/macOS shell — it runs the downloaded install script. Batch API
- Features
- A service for submitting up to 50,000 AI requests at once as a JSONL file, letting them process in the background (guaranteed within 24 hours) and collecting all results when done.
benchmark script
- Tools
- A small program that repeatedly runs the model and measures how long inference takes.
BIOS/UEFI
- Concepts
- The low‑level firmware that starts your computer and contains settings such as CPU virtualization support.
blast radius
- Core
- How much damage a mistake or a stolen key could do. Keep it small with separate accounts, narrow permissions and spending limits.
Blend feature
- Features
- A Sora tool that merges two videos by adjusting a timing curve to create custom transitions.
4 other definitions
Blend feature · Features
A function that merges two videos by adjusting timing curves to create custom transitions between them.Blend feature · Features
A tool that merges two videos into one by adjusting a timing curve for the transition.Blend feature · Features
A tool in Sora that merges two videos into one by adjusting a timing curve for a smooth transition.Blend feature · Features
A tool for merging two separate video clips by adjusting timing curves to control the transition between them. Blend tool
- Tools
- A function that merges two separate videos by adjusting a timing curve so one clip smoothly morphs into the other.
1 other definition
Blend tool · Tools
A function that merges two videos using adjustable timing curves to control how one clip morphs into another. Branch
- Concepts
- Git workflow
- Core
- A separate line of work in a Git repository, so you can try changes without touching the main version. When the work is ready, you merge the branch back.
Also known as: branch, branches
3 other definitions
Branch · Concepts
An isolated line of development that keeps your edits separate from the main code until merged.branch · Git workflow
A named line of Git history. A short-lived topic branch isolates one proposed change from the shared base branch.Used in Branches protect shared work
branch · Concepts
A separate line of development in a repository where you can make changes without affecting the main code until you merge them. branch protection
- Change control
- Server-side repository rules that can restrict pushes or merges to a named branch. They do not replace a human decision about the change.
Brand Kit
- Settings
- A collection of your logo, colors, fonts and templates that can be applied automatically to new videos for consistent branding.
Browser testing
- Features
- A feature where Lovable controls a real browser to click buttons, fill forms, and capture screenshots to verify your app's end-to-end behaviour.
Buffer Window Memory
- Features
- A memory type that keeps only the most recent K conversation turns, discarding older ones, to avoid sending too much history to the LLM.
Build mode
- Concepts
- Features
- Lovable's implementation mode where agents write code, apply changes across files, and verify results.
1 other definition
Build mode · Features
The default primary agent where opencode has full permission to read, write, and edit files in your project. Bundle
- Workflows
- One packet of data passing from one module to the next.
Letter C5 terms
Cameo
- Features
- A digital avatar of yourself created from an uploaded photo, which the AI can insert into generated scenes.
1 other definition
Cameo · Features
A digital avatar of your own likeness that you can insert into Sora videos by uploading a photo and granting permission. Cameo avatar
- Features
- A digital version of your own face created from a photo or short video, which you can insert into AI‑generated scenes via text prompts.
Also known as: cameo avatar
1 other definition
cameo avatar · Features
A digital copy of your likeness that Sora can animate in generated videos after you upload a photo or short video of yourself. Cameo permissions
- Features
- Settings
- Settings that decide who can see or use your uploaded likeness, such as only you, friends, or everyone.
Also known as: cameo permissions
2 other definitions
cameo permissions · Settings
Settings that decide who can see the digital avatar of your likeness, such as only you, approved friends, or everyone.cameo permissions · Features
Settings that control who can see or use your uploaded personal avatar in generated videos (e.g., only you, friends, or everyone). camera angle
- Parameters
- The direction from which the virtual camera views the scene in a generated video.
Canvas
- Concepts
- Features
- A side-by-side editing workspace that opens automatically for longer writing or coding tasks, letting you directly edit the output and ask ChatGPT to revise specific sections.
Also known as: canvas
4 other definitions
Canvas · Concepts
The visual workspace inside Flowise where you drag, drop, and wire together nodes to design an AI workflow.Canvas · Features
A side-by-side workspace in Gemini where you can collaboratively create and edit documents, code, slides, apps, and more while chatting with the AI in real time.canvas · Concepts
The visual workspace where you drag blocks and draw wires between them to build a flow without writing glue code.Canvas · Features
The visual drag-and-drop workspace inside n8n where you build a workflow by placing and connecting nodes.