Glossary
Glossary
Demystifying enterprise MCP and AI topics.

What are AI Guardrails?
Guardrails are the difference between an AI that can help and one that won't cause harm.

What Is a Vector Database?
A specialized data storage system that stores information as numerical embeddings (vectors) rather than traditional rows…

What Is an AI Agent?
AI agents represent the shift from AI as a conversational interface to AI as a workforce multiplier.

What Is an AI Governance Platform?
Enterprise software providing centralized control, monitoring, and policy enforcement for all AI systems across an organ…

What Is an LLM Firewall?
A security layer that monitors and filters content flowing into and out of large language models, blocking harmful promp…

What is an MCP Gateway?
An MCP Gateway provides role-based access control, identity mapping, credential management, and comprehensive audit trai…

What Is Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)?
RAG transforms AI from a system that guesses based on patterns into one that looks up facts from authoritative sources.

What Is the Model Context Protocol (MCP)?
MCP provides one standardized way for AI agents to interact with enterprise systems, replacing fragmented custom integra…