Generative AI & language models

Output

Definition

The answer or content an AI returns after receiving a prompt.

AI Word Bank · Illustrated definition

Visual example

Output: a finished restaurant dish represents the result returned after a request.

Finished dish = output

A kitchen example of output: the finished dish.

The kitchen connection

Think of the finished dish.

The illustration connects the AI idea to something familiar. Follow the subject, the action, and the result to see how it works.

01 · Who or what
Finished dish = output
02 · What happens
Comes back after the request
03 · The result
Gives people a result

Why it matters

It is the result people evaluate, revise, share, or act on.