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Artificial Intelligence vocabulary — B1

Artificial intelligence vocabulary such as assistant, command and wake word, plus input, output and prompt. Words for describing how a smart system responds.

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translate
/trænzˈleɪt/
To change words from one language into another with the same meaning.
Example: My phone can translate menus using the camera.
assistant
/əˈsɪstənt/
A program you speak to that answers questions and carries out small jobs for you.
Example: I ask my voice assistant to set a timer each morning.
recognize
/ˈrɛkəɡˌnaɪz/
To know what something is, or who someone is, because a computer has seen it before.
Example: The app can recognize your face to unlock the phone.
command
/kəˈmænd/
A word or instruction you give to a computer or a machine to make it do something.
Example: You can control the speaker with a simple voice command.
virtual
/ˈvɜrtʃuəl/
Made by a computer to look or feel real, rather than existing in the physical world.
Example: The virtual assistant can answer questions through the speaker.
function
/ˈfʌŋkʃən/
A job or action that a program or machine is built to do.
Example: This app has a new function that reads text aloud.
response
/rɪˈspɑns/
An answer or reaction that a computer program gives after you ask it something.
Example: The chatbot's response came back in less than a second.
input
/ˈɪnˌpʊt/
Information you put into a computer or program so that it can use it.
Example: The program needs your voice as input before it can reply.
output
/ˈaʊtˌpʊt/
The result or answer a computer or program gives you after it has worked on something.
Example: The system checks its output before showing it to you.
pattern
/ˈpætərn/
A regular way that something happens, which a computer program can learn to notice.
Example: The program looks for a pattern in the way you type.
tracker
/ˈtrækər/
A small program that records what someone does online.
Example: Every page carried a tracker nobody had agreed to.
wake word
The word that makes a listening device start paying attention.
Example: Change the wake word or the television sets it off.
prompt
/prɑmpt/
The instruction you type to tell a system what you want.
Example: A careful prompt gets a much better answer.
ranking
/ˈræŋkɪŋ/
The order a system puts results in.
Example: The ranking decides what anyone actually sees.