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Q5/21AI MULTIMEDIA
STANDARDS INDEX

GLOSSARY · WORDS & CONNECTIONS

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Connect concepts, English terms and abbreviations. These candidate terms and editorial introductions await verification against the original standards.

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AI agent

A system with capabilities such as perception, memory, planning and tool execution. The precise scope depends on the relevant record.

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Artificial intelligence generated content

AIGC

A technology and application concept related to AI-generated content. Consult Q5's official mandate for its exact responsibilities.

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Device-edge-cloud collaboration

An architectural approach distributing tasks and collaborative capabilities across devices, edge and cloud.

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Embodied artificial intelligence

EAI

A research and systems field connecting intelligence with physical entities, environmental perception and action feedback.

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Federated machine learning

FML

A family of methods in which multiple participants train a model collaboratively. Data and model information flows depend on the architecture.

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Foundation model

A model trained on broad data that can be adapted to various downstream tasks. This is an introductory summary; verify formal definitions in the relevant standard and edition.

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Retrieval-augmented generation

RAG

A system approach that retrieves relevant external material and supplies it as context to a generative model.

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