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A neural network is a stack of layers of very simple arithmetic units whose connection strengths are adjusted by training until the whole arrangement turns the inputs you have into the outputs you want.

Deep learning is machine learning built on neural networks of many stacked layers, which work out for themselves which properties of the raw data matter instead of being handed a list by a person.

Generative AI is the market's name for models whose output is a piece of content, such as text, images, audio, video or code, as opposed to the much larger body of models that sort, score or forecast things that already exist.

Data engineering is the discipline of moving records from the systems that produce them into a store where they can be queried, and of keeping that supply correct while the sources underneath keep changing.

SQL is the declarative language for asking questions of relational databases: you state which rows and columns you want and how tables relate, and the database engine works out how to retrieve them.

Data analysis is the practice of interrogating data to answer a specific question, and of establishing how much weight the answer can bear.