Glossary

Terms and Concepts for the AI Age

Explore clear, concise definitions of key digital terms and concepts to help you stay informed and confident in a rapidly evolving landscape.

Glowing digital brain hovering over a circuit platform, representing AI solution architecture.

03/18/2026

AI Solution Architecture

Layered architectural blocks representing AI system architecture and the connected data, models, integrations, infrastructure, and controls within an AI system.

02/18/2026

AI System Architecture

Glowing sphere surrounded by cost, security, and data icons over concentric ripples, representing AI total cost of ownership.

03/25/2026

AI Total Cost of Ownership

A glass-enclosed architectural model composed of interconnected transparent layers representing people, processes, data, technology, and governance, illustrating how AI transformation aligns multiple business capabilities into a coordinated enterprise operating model.

06/15/2026

AI Transformation

10/08/2026

AI Use Case Prioritization

Infographic titled Layered AI Automation for Smarter Banking and Finance, with back-office process automation as the foundation; compliance and fraud detection, customer service, and investment and wealth management in the middle layers; and digital asset and embedded finance automation at the top.

03/18/2026

AI-Driven Automation in Financial Services

Hands typing beneath connected icons around an API emblem, representing application programming interfaces.

05/21/2025

APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)

Finger pointing at a glowing AI emblem in a digital circuit wall, representing AI model assessment.

07/30/2025

Artificial Intelligence Model Assessment

Artificial intelligence systems use AI to process inputs and produce predictions, recommendations, decisions, or content. Learn how AI systems work and the main types.

07/08/2025

Artificial Intelligence Systems

Muted kinetic balance sculpture representing autonomous systems operating within defined boundaries while adapting to changing conditions.

05/27/2025

Autonomous Systems

Modular blocks with banking, API, customer, card, and wallet icons arranged beside a payment app and card, representing Banking as a Service infrastructure and embedded finance.

07/02/2026

Banking as a Service (BaaS)

Neon storefront and shopping cart windows on a digital grid, representing BigCommerce ecommerce solutions.

08/25/2025

Big Commerce Solutions

Illuminated circuit board linking chat message icons to a central processor, representing chatbot technology.

06/15/2026

Chatbots

Business team gathered around a glowing cloud hologram connected to infrastructure icons, representing cloud and infrastructure services.

06/04/2025

Cloud and Infrastructure

Soft blue structural cloud sculpture representing cloud engineering, infrastructure, deployment, and reliable cloud-based systems.

06/11/2025

Cloud Engineering

Magnifying glass revealing binary world map data on a circuit board, representing compliance support.

08/12/2025

Compliance Support

Customer service desk with laptop, tablet, and phone linked by floating communication icons, representing conversational AI.

06/10/2026

Conversational AI

Golden padlock standing on a glowing circuit board, representing cybersecurity assessment services.

06/26/2025

Cybersecurity Assessment Services

Scientist in a lab coat studying data charts on monitors, representing data analytics.

06/24/2025

Data Analytics

Open book projecting a glowing data city skyline, representing data analytics for higher education.

08/21/2025

Data Analytics for Higher Education

Glowing cloud connected to server racks in a data center aisle, representing data center services.

07/28/2025

Data Center Services

Glowing digital documents streaming through a dark data field, representing data extraction.

06/23/2025

Data Extraction

10/07/2026

Data Lineage

Glowing blue fingerprint on a circuit board, representing data privacy.

05/23/2025

Data Privacy