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THE TECHNICAL LANGUAGE OF DIGITAL B2B INFRASTRUCTURE

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301 Redirect

CONCEPT
SEARCH OPTIMIZATION

Permanent HTTP 301 redirects preserve search equity and guide user journeys during URL changes, migrations, and site restructuring.

A/B Testing

PRACTICE
EXPERIENCE DESIGN

How A/B tests split traffic between a control and a variant, set sample size and significance, and decide which version improves conversions.

Above the Fold

CONCEPT
EXPERIENCE DESIGN

The first screen of content users see without scrolling, which receives the most attention and shapes whether visitors continue down the page.

Account-Based Marketing (ABM)

PRACTICE
REVENUE OPERATIONS

Account-based marketing focuses marketing and sales on a named list of target companies, with campaigns run one-to-one, one-to-few or one-to-many.

Ad Exchange

CONCEPT
PERFORMANCE ADVERTISING

A digital marketplace enabling publishers and advertisers to transact ad inventory through automated real-time auctions.

Ad Fraud

CONCEPT
PERFORMANCE ADVERTISING

Deliberate activity generating invalid impressions, clicks, or conversions to extract illicit financial or competitive advantage.

Ad Rank

METRIC
PERFORMANCE ADVERTISING

How Google Ads combines bid, ad and landing page quality, thresholds and search context to rank ads in each auction and set the price paid per click.

Ad Server

PLATFORM OR PRODUCT
PERFORMANCE ADVERTISING

A centralized advertising technology platform that stores, delivers, targets, and tracks digital ad creatives across channels.

Advertising Cost of Sales (ACoS)

METRIC
PERFORMANCE ADVERTISING

ACoS divides ad spend by attributed ad revenue and shows it as a percentage, the main efficiency measure for Amazon Sponsored Products campaigns.

Agent2Agent Protocol (A2A)

STANDARD
SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE

A2A defines Agent Cards, tasks and messages over JSON-RPC, gRPC or HTTP so independent AI agents can work together without sharing internal state.

Agentic AI

CONCEPT
INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION

Autonomous AI systems that pursue complex goals through iterative reasoning, planning, tool usage, and operational adaptation.

AI Agent

CONCEPT
AI GOVERNANCE

Autonomous software that perceives environmental context, reasons over objectives, and leverages tools to complete complex tasks.

AI Guardrails

CONCEPT
AI GOVERNANCE

Technical and organizational safeguards that constrain model inputs, outputs, system access, and automated actions to mitigate risk.

AI Hallucination

CONCEPT
INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION

AI hallucination, also called confabulation, occurs when a generative model produces plausible but incorrect facts, citations, figures or answers.

AI Impact Assessment

PRACTICE
AI GOVERNANCE

A structured evaluation process identifying and documenting the effects of an artificial intelligence system on individuals and society.

AI Literacy

PRACTICE
AI GOVERNANCE

AI literacy is the EU AI Act Article 4 duty for providers and deployers to build appropriate AI knowledge among staff who operate or use AI systems.

AI Management System

FRAMEWORK
AI GOVERNANCE

An organizational framework of policies, procedures, and controls for governing responsible AI development and deployment under ISO 42001.

AI Orchestration

CONCEPT
INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION

The coordinated management of models, agents, data workflows, business rules, and human oversight to execute automated processes.

AI Overviews

PLATFORM OR PRODUCT
SEARCH OPTIMIZATION

Google AI Overviews summarize answers in Search with linked sources; any indexed, snippet-eligible page can appear, and traffic is reported in Search Console.

AI Red Teaming

PRACTICE
AI GOVERNANCE

AI red teaming probes models and AI applications with adversarial and misuse scenarios, such as jailbreaks and prompt injection, to expose risks to fix.

AI Risk Management

PRACTICE
AI GOVERNANCE

A continuous framework for identifying, assessing, treating, and monitoring technical and ethical risks across the AI lifecycle.

AI Search Visibility

METRIC
SEARCH OPTIMIZATION

AI search visibility tracks brand mentions, citations, position, sentiment and share of voice in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot and Google AI.

AI System Inventory

PRACTICE
AI GOVERNANCE

A register of every AI tool and model in use, who owns it, what it does and how risky it is, forming the starting point for AI governance and compliance work.

Algorithmic Bias

CONCEPT
AI GOVERNANCE

Systematic anomalies in algorithmic outputs that lead to unfair, discriminatory, or inaccurate decisions for specific groups.

Anchor Text

CONCEPT
SEARCH OPTIMIZATION

Anchor text is the clickable wording of a link; descriptive anchors help users, assistive technology and search engines understand the destination page.

Annual Contract Value (ACV)

METRIC
REVENUE OPERATIONS

A SaaS sales metric expressing a customer contract's recurring value per year, typically excluding or separately reporting one-time fees.

Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)

METRIC
REVENUE OPERATIONS

The normalized annualized value of contracted recurring subscription revenue generated by active customer accounts.

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)

PRACTICE
SEARCH OPTIMIZATION

Answer engine optimization adapts content, entities and brand mentions so ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI features use and cite a site in answers.

API Gateway

CONCEPT
SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE

An architectural component that routes, authenticates, monitors, and applies security policies to incoming API traffic.

App Store Product Page Optimization

PRACTICE
EXPERIENCE DESIGN

The systematic optimization of mobile app store listings to maximize organic visibility, engagement, and conversion rates.