Chat
A conversation containing your prompts and ChatGPT's responses.
Academy Essentials
Glossary
Understand essential ChatGPT, prompting, research, project and responsible-AI terminology.
Prompt
Text, an image, audio or another input used to request an outcome.
Context
Information that helps ChatGPT understand the task and conversation.
Model
The underlying AI system used to generate a response.
Hallucination
A confident-sounding statement that is unsupported or incorrect.
Memory
Optional remembered context that may personalise future responses.
Project
A workspace that groups related chats, files and instructions.
Temporary Chat
A chat designed not to appear in history or create memories.
Search
A tool for timely web information with source links.
Deep Research
A planned, multi-source research workflow that produces a cited report.
Canvas
A workspace for drafting or editing writing and code alongside ChatGPT.
Custom GPT
A specialised version of ChatGPT configured with instructions, knowledge and selected tools.