LEXICON / 24 TERMS

Digital intelligence glossary

Twenty-four operational definitions for clear discussion of AI, OSINT, visibility and sovereignty.

01

AEO

Answer Engine Optimisation

Structure answers so answer engines can understand and reuse them directly.

02

Agent IA

AI agent

A system pursuing a bounded mission, using tools and following an action policy.

03

Autorité

Authority

Trust granted to a source based on evidence, consistency and citation.

04

Due diligence numérique

Digital due diligence

Structured verification of visible footprint, assets, relationships and risks.

05

Entité

Entity

A person, organisation, place, product or concept identified through attributes and relationships.

06

GEO

Generative Engine Optimisation

Optimisation of presence and citation inside generative answers.

07

Graphe de connaissances

Knowledge graph

A structured network of entities, properties and verifiable relationships.

08

HITL

Human in the loop

Human validation inside an automated chain before sensitive action.

09

LLM

Large Language Model

A model trained on large corpora to process and generate language.

10

LLMO

LLM Optimisation

Work on sources, formats and signals enabling LLM understanding, retrieval and citation.

11

OSINT

Open Source Intelligence

Intelligence produced from legally accessible and methodically qualified sources.

12

Provenance

Provenance

The chain linking a claim to its source, date and transformations.

13

Réversibilité

Reversibility

Ability to leave a tool or supplier without losing data, continuity or freedom of choice.

14

SEO

Search Engine Optimisation

Optimisation of content discovery and understanding by search engines.

15

Signal faible

Weak signal

An incomplete indicator whose trajectory may announce significant change.

16

Souveraineté numérique

Digital sovereignty

Ability to understand dependencies and preserve technical and decision options.

17

SXO

Search Experience Optimisation

Joint optimisation of visibility, understanding, journey and conversion.

18

RAG

Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Generation enriched by retrieving passages from a bounded corpus.

19

Donnée structurée

Structured data

Information expressed through an explicit vocabulary for machine interpretation.

20

Empreinte sémantique

Semantic footprint

The themes, attributes and associations publicly connected to an entity.

21

Part de réponse

Answer share

Frequency and quality of an entity’s presence across a panel of search or AI answers.

22

Prompt injection

Prompt injection

A hostile or untrusted instruction attempting to divert an AI system.

23

Journal de décision

Decision log

Record of options, arguments, decisions, owners and review conditions.

24

Mode dégradé

Degraded mode

Planned minimum operation when the normal system is unavailable.

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