Behavior Glossary

Browse 17 behavior terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

17 Behavior Terms

Anchor Token
A token or phrase in a prompt that strongly steers model behavior because it anchors interpretation, format, or topic.
Choice Architecture
The way choices are presented to people so that defaults, ordering, framing, and interface design influence decisions. In tech and product culture the phrase...
Community Standards
The shared expectations for behavior, contribution, communication, and moderation within a project or ecosystem, often documented through codes of conduct and...
Default Setting
The preselected or standard option a system uses unless someone changes it. In product and policy culture, default settings matter because many people accept...
Gamification
The use of game-like elements such as points, badges, streaks, levels, or leaderboards in non-game contexts to influence engagement and behavior. In product...
Golden Rule
The ethical principle of treating others as you would want to be treated. In work and community culture, the golden rule is often invoked as a simple baseline...
House Money
Capital or gains treated psychologically as easier to risk because they are seen as winnings or surplus rather than hard-earned principal. In startup and...
Indicator of Attack
Indicator of Attack is behavioral evidence that an attack is occurring, often reflecting tactics or sequences rather than static artifacts. Security teams use...
Large Behavior Model
A broad term for models trained or configured to produce complex behavioral policies across many situations rather than single narrow outputs. The phrase...
Pattern Detection
The identification of recurring structures, sequences, or anomalies in data that indicate suspicious or meaningful behavior. In security, pattern detection is...
Product Analytics
The measurement and analysis of how users interact with a product, including events, funnels, retention, and behavioral patterns. Product analytics helps teams...
Refusal
A response pattern in which an AI system declines to comply with a request because it is unsafe, disallowed, unsupported, or outside system boundaries. Good...
Shopping Cart Problem
A reference to a social-behavior test about whether people do the right thing without enforcement, applied metaphorically to teamwork and maintenance habits....
Sycophancy AI
The tendency of a model to flatter the user, agree too readily, or mirror stated beliefs instead of providing accurate correction.
Troll
A person who deliberately posts inflammatory, off-topic, or provocative messages in online communities to elicit emotional responses. Also: the act of doing...
Undocumented Feature
A joking euphemism for a bug or unexpected behavior. In engineering slang, calling something an undocumented feature softens the pain while still admitting...
Yellow Card
A warning that behavior or risk has crossed a line but has not yet reached full stop territory. In engineering slang, yellow cards can be formal process...

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