Phase 23: Glossary & Foundations¶
This folder is the vocabulary layer for the rest of the curriculum. Use it to remove ambiguity early, especially when multiple modules reuse terms like embedding, fine-tuning, evaluation, retrieval, alignment, and quantization in different contexts.
Start Here¶
How To Use This Folder¶
Read it once quickly before starting the course.
Revisit it whenever a later phase introduces jargon faster than you can comfortably absorb it.
Treat it as a reference, not a phase you need to “finish perfectly” before moving on.
Best Times To Come Back¶
Before 05-embeddings/
Before 08-rag/
Before 12-llm-finetuning/
Before 19-ai-safety-redteaming/
Suggested Improvement Path¶
As the repo grows, this folder should keep absorbing the most overloaded terms from newer LLM and MLOps modules so beginners do not need to infer definitions from context.