Glossary¶
Short, careful entries on the terms that matter in enterprise AI. Each one is dated, cited, and reviewed by a named editor before publication. We skip the terms a general-interest AI glossary already covers and focus on the ones that determine budget and risk.
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The specification, the history, the three roles, and the fourth role that emerged in production.
Protocol · 7 min
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The authorization- and observability-aware proxy every enterprise ends up building or buying.
Protocol · 5 min
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Retrieval inside a plan. When it earns its seat and when it is a tax.
Architecture · 6 min
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The emerging category. What counts as observable, and what Datadog, Braintrust, and Phoenix are all chasing.
Observability · 5 min
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The first certifiable AI management standard. Structure, annexes, certification process, and how it relates to NIST AI RMF.
Governance · 8 min
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NIST AI Risk Management Framework
The four-function framework (GOVERN, MAP, MEASURE, MANAGE) US federal agencies and most enterprises reference by default.
Governance · 6 min
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What every mature governance program discovers at audit: unsanctioned AI tools, SaaS-embedded AI, team-built integrations. How to surface it.
Governance · 6 min
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Gartner's term for products marketed as agentic that are workflow-with-natural-language-input. The five tells we use to screen demos.
Governance · 6 min
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The Gartner-coined category for AI systems that supervise other AI systems. Real, narrow, still forming in April 2026.
Governance · 5 min
The glossary is mirrored from Explore Agentic — the canonical index lives at www.exploreagentic.ai/glossary/.