The terms below are mentioned specifically in relation to fashion; therefore, the explanations refer to their meaning in fashion terminology. Some terms will also be relevant to non-fashion language and may have a different meaning.

3D Apparel Try-On: Enables customers to virtually try on clothing using augmented reality.

3D Body Scanning: Captures precise body measurements for custom-fit clothing.

3D Modeling: Creates digital representations of fashion items and prototypes.

3D Printing: Creates fashion items layer by layer, offering new design possibilities.

3D Printing Services: Offer the production of 3D-printed fashion and accessories.

3D Product Visualization: Showcases fashion items in a virtual 3D space.

3D Rendering: Creates lifelike visualizations of fashion products and designs.

3D Weaving: Three-dimensional (3D) weaving is a textile manufacturing technique that intricately interlaces yarns in three directions—lengthwise, widthwise, and depthwise—resulting in fabrics with a complex and integrated structure.

AI Prompt: A specific input or query provided to an artificial intelligence system aimed at generating a desired output or response.

AI-Generated Fashion Designs: Fashion concepts created by artificial intelligence.

Angel Investor: Provides financial support to early-stage fashion startups or fashion entrepreneurs in exchange for ownership equity or convertible debt in the company.

APIs (Application Programming Interfaces): Are sets of rules and tools that allow different fashion software applications to communicate, share, and act on data, enabling them to work together seamlessly.

AR Apparel Try-On: Enables customers to virtually try on clothing using augmented reality.

Artificial Intelligence (AI): AI powers predictive analytics and personalization in the fashion industry.

Augmented Reality (AR): A technology that overlays computer-generated sensory information, such as fashion images, sounds, or text, onto the real-world environment, aiming to enhance and enrich the user's perception of reality.

AXF format (Appearance Exchange Format): An open-standard object-container for file-based digital fashion assets and their associated metadata.

Big Data: The analysis of large datasets provides insights into consumer behavior, fashion trends, and market dynamics.

Blockchain: Ensures transparency and authenticity in the fashion supply chain.

Browser Plugins: Software additions that extend the functionality of web browsers by providing additional features, tools, or customization options for users while interacting with online content.

Cloud-Based Point of Sale (POS): Cloud-based POS systems handle digital transactions in fashion retail.

Cloud Computing: Stores and provides access to fashion-related data and software resources online.

Cloud Plugins: Software components or extensions that integrate with cloud computing platforms, providing additional functionalities, features, or services to enhance and extend the capabilities of cloud-based fashion applications or infrastructure.

Coding: Also known as programming, is the process of creating instructions for computers through the use of programming languages to perform specific tasks or functions.

Compliance Testing: The evaluation of a system or product to ensure that it adheres to specified standards, regulations, or requirements relevant to the fashion industry.

Consumer Data Privacy: Consumer data privacy focuses on protecting customer data and adhering to privacy regulations.

Custodial Wallet: A type of cryptocurrency wallet where a third party, such as an exchange or financial institution, manages and controls the private keys and security of the user's crypto assets, including funds.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM): Manages customer interactions and data to enhance relationships and sales.

Crypto Wallet: A cryptocurrency wallet is a digital tool that allows users to securely store, manage, and interact with their cryptocurrency holdings, enabling transactions on blockchain networks.

Cybersecurity: Protects digital assets and customer information from online threats.

DAO, or Decentralized Autonomous Organization: A blockchain-based organization that operates through smart contracts, allowing its members to collectively make decisions and manage resources in a decentralized and transparent manner.

Data Analytics: Uncovers insights into consumer behavior and market trends using data.

Data Privacy: Focuses on protecting customer data and adhering to privacy regulations.

Decentralized Finance (DeFi): A financial system built on blockchain technology that seeks to recreate and extend traditional financial services such as lending, borrowing, and trading in a decentralized, open, and permissionless manner.

Decentralized Web: Or Web 3.0, is an internet architecture that relies on distributed technologies like blockchain to shift control and ownership of data, applications, and services away from central authorities to foster increased privacy, security, and user empowerment.

Deep Learning: A subset of machine learning that involves training artificial neural networks with multiple layers (deep neural networks) to analyze and learn patterns from large datasets, enabling complex tasks such as image and speech recognition.

Digital Accessibility: Ensures that digital fashion platforms are usable by all, including those with disabilities.

Digital API (Application Programming Interface): Allow for integration of fashion-related software and data.

Digital Archive: Stores and preserves records of fashion collections and designs.

Digital Art in Fashion: Digital art is incorporated into fashion designs, blurring the line between art and clothing.

Digital Artwork: Is created using digital tools and often incorporated into fashion designs.

Digital Branding: The process of building a brand presence online.

Digital Customer Engagement: Digital customer engagement strategies involve interacting with customers online.

Digital Customization: Allows customers to personalize fashion items online.

Digital Fabrication: Uses technology to create fashion items and prototypes.

Digital Fashion: Clothing and accessories that exist exclusively in the digital realm, created using digital technologies and 3D software.

Digital Fashion Events: Encompass online fashion shows, presentations, and exhibitions.

Digital Fashion Retailers: Companies that primarily sell fashion products online.

Digital Footprint: The trace of online activity and engagement left by fashion consumers.

Digital Inventory Management: Digital software tracks and manages fashion product stock.

Digital Licensing: Involves obtaining and managing digital rights for fashion products.

Digital Marketing: Digital marketing strategies promote fashion brands and products online.

Digital Pattern Making: Digital pattern making uses software to create clothing patterns directly using software or by digitising existing physical patterns.

Digital Prototyping: Digital prototyping uses 3D digital models to test and refine fashion designs before physical production.

Digital Resale Platforms: Enables users to buy and sell secondhand fashion items online.

Digital Retail: Encompasses the online shopping experience for fashion products.

Digital Runway Technologies: Enhances the presentation of fashion collections in digital formats.

Digital Sampling: Creates prototypes and samples using digital tools.

Digital Sampling Tools: Aid in the creation of fashion prototypes and samples.

Digital Showrooms: Presents fashion collections in a virtual and interactive setting.

Digital Sizing Tools: Assists customers in finding the right size when shopping online.

Digital Sustainability: Integrates eco-friendly practices into fashion design and production.

Digital Supply Chain: Optimizes the processes involved in fashion production and distribution.

Digital Textile Printing: Uses technology to print textile designs directly on fabric.

Digital Transformation: Involves integrating digital technology into all aspects of a fashion business.

Digital Twin: Virtual representations of physical fashion products used for design and testing.

Digital Wardrobe Management: Helps users organize and plan outfits.

Digitalize: To convert information, processes, and activities into a digital format, enabling the use of digital technologies and tools for more efficient and effective operations.

Digitize: To convert analog information or physical objects into a digital format, often involving the representation of data as binary code for electronic processing and storage.

Drips: The release of new and limited-edition digital fashion items or collections in the virtual or digital space.

Drops: Limited and often exclusive digital assets or items released in a blockchain-based environment, such as NFT (Non-Fungible Token) drops in the form of unique digital collectibles. This can also apply to “Drops” of physical items or collections.

E-commerce: Involves buying and selling fashion products through online platforms and websites.

Fashion API: Allow for integration of fashion-related software and data.

Fashion Data Analytics: Involves collecting and analyzing data to make informed business decisions.

Fashion Data Visualization: Presents fashion-related data in a visual and understandable format.

Fashion Gamification: Integrates game elements into the shopping experience.

Fashion Recommendation Algorithms: Algorithms provide fashion product recommendations based on user preferences.

Fashion Tech Integration: Involves merging technology seamlessly with fashion products.

Fashion Tech Startups: Fashion tech startups focus on innovative technology solutions for the industry.

Fashion Technology Trends: Fashion technology trends include emerging technologies in the industry.

Fashion-Forward Tech: Encompasses innovative technology used in the fashion industry.

FIAT: Is money which is government-issued currency that is not backed by a physical commodity like gold or silver but derives its value from the trust and confidence of the people using it.

Game-Ready Assets: Digital 3D models, textures, and associated elements optimized and configured for efficient use in real-time game environments.

GL Transmission Format (glTF): An open-source and royalty-free 3D file that supports static models, animation, and moving scenes. glTF is used in games, native web applications, AR, VR, and 3D ads.

Geofencing: Geofencing uses location-based technology to send targeted fashion promotions to mobile devices.

Haptic Feedback: Haptic feedback technology provides tactile sensations in virtual environments.

Holography: A technique that records and reconstructs three-dimensional images using the interference of light waves.

Image Scraping: Automated process of extracting images from websites using web scraping techniques.

Interoperability: The ability of different systems, devices, or components to seamlessly exchange and interpret data, enabling them to work together effectively.

Internet of Fashion (IoF): IoF connects fashion items to the internet for enhanced functionality and data collection.

Internet of Things (IoT): IoT connects wearable fashion items to the internet for data collection and interaction.

IRL "In Real Life": Refers to activities or interactions that occur offline or outside of the digital or virtual world.

Large Language Model: A sophisticated artificial intelligence system capable of understanding and generating human-like text by leveraging vast amounts of pre-existing linguistic data.

Low Poly: Refers to a style of computer graphics characterized by a minimal number of polygons, resulting in a simplified and geometrically stylized representation of objects or scenes.

Machine Learning: Enables systems to learn from data, making it valuable for fashion trend analysis.

Metaverse Avatars: Represent users in virtual environments, often with customizable digital fashion.

Mixed Reality (MR): Combines elements of both virtual and augmented reality, seamlessly integrating digital and physical environments to create immersive and interactive experiences.

Mobile Apps: Offers digital platforms for fashion shopping and brand engagement.

Motion Capture: A technology that records and translates the movements of objects or living beings into digital data, commonly used in animation, video games, and virtual reality.

Mobile Commerce (M-Commerce): Allows consumers to shop for fashion items using mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets.

NFCs (Near Field Communication): A set of communication protocols that enable short-range wireless communication between devices, facilitating contactless data transfer and transactions.

NFC Chips: Integrated circuits that enable Near Field Communication, allowing devices to exchange information wirelessly when in close proximity.

NFTs, or Non-Fungible Tokens: Unique digital assets authenticated by blockchain technology, representing ownership or proof of authenticity for specific digital or physical items.

Omnichannel Retail: Provides a seamless shopping experience across physical stores and digital channels.

Offline Meets Online (OMO): Refers to the seamless integration and interaction between physical and digital experiences, creating a unified and interconnected environment for users.

On-Demand Manufacturing: A production approach that fulfills orders in real-time, allowing for flexible and efficient production of goods based on customer demand.

OpenAI: A research organization that focuses on artificial intelligence (AI) and develops advanced AI models, including GPT-3, to advance the field and explore its applications.

Personalization: Tailors fashion recommendations and experiences to individual customer preferences.

Phygital: The seamless integration of physical fashion and digital fashion elements, creating an interconnected and immersive experience that bridges the gap between the physical and virtual worlds.

Pipeline: Refers to a sequence of data processing stages, or fashion operational processes, designed to perform a specific task or workflow.

Plugins: Software components that add specific features or functionalities to a digital application, extending its capabilities and allowing customization.

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM): A digital framework that facilitates the efficient management of a fashion product's entire lifecycle, from concept and design through manufacturing, service, and disposal.

Project Map: A visual representation outlining the key components, tasks, and dependencies of a project, providing a roadmap for planning, execution, and monitoring.

Prompt: A command or request for input from a user, typically in the form of text or symbols, to initiate a specific action or obtain information from a computer program or system.

Prompt Engineering: Designing and optimizing input queries or commands to achieve desired outputs when using language models or AI systems.

Responsive Web Design: Ensures websites adapt to various screen sizes and devices.

SaaS: Refers to "Software as a Service," a software distribution model where applications are hosted by a third-party provider and made available to customers over the internet.

Shaders: Programs in digital graphics that define the appearance of pixels in a computer-generated image, specifying how light and color interact to create visual effects in real-time rendering.

Smart Manufacturing: Smart manufacturing incorporates automation and data analysis into fashion production.

Smart Textiles: Smart textiles incorporate technology, such as sensors and LEDs, into clothing and accessories.

Sustainable Supply Chain: Sustainable supply chain uses digital tools to ensure environmentally responsible sourcing and production.

TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol): A suite of communication protocols that enables data transmission and networking on the Internet, providing a standardized framework for reliable and efficient communication between devices.

User Experience (UX) Design: UX design focuses on improving the usability and enjoyment of digital fashion platforms.

URL (Uniform Resource Locator): A digital address that specifies the location of a resource on the internet, typically starting with "http://" or "https://" for web pages.

Utility: The measurable value or usefulness that a digital product, service, or feature provides to users or stakeholders.

UV Layouts: In digital graphics, UV Layouts refer to the two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional object's surface, mapping its geometry onto a flat plane for texture application in computer-generated imagery.

Virtual closet: A digital platform or application that allows users to organize, catalog, and manage their wardrobe items virtually, often offering features such as outfit planning and style recommendations.

Virtual Fitting Rooms: Virtual fitting rooms enable customers to try on clothes virtually before purchasing.

Virtual Fashion Consultations: Provide personalized style advice and recommendations online.

Virtual Fashion Events: Include online fashion shows, presentations, and exhibitions.

Virtual Fashion Retailers: Primarily sell fashion products online.

Virtual Try-On: Allows users to digitally experience or try on products such as clothing or accessories before making a purchase.

Virtual Marketplaces: Offer a digital space for buying and selling fashion products.

Virtual Reality (VR): VR immerses users in a digital fashion world, offering interactive and immersive experiences.

Virtual Runway Shows: Digital presentations replace traditional fashion shows, often in 3D or AR formats.

Virtual Stylists: Help users choose clothing and accessories for different occasions.

Virtual Wardrobes: Help users manage and organize their clothing digitally.

Voxelation: Refers to the process of dividing a digital space into volumetric pixels, known as voxels, to represent three-dimensional data in a grid-like structure.

Wearable Technology: This includes garments and accessories integrated with digital features like smartwatches.

WebGL (Web Graphics Library): A JavaScript API that enables high-performance 3D graphics rendering in web browsers without the need for additional plugins.

Web3: The next iteration of the internet (Web2), one that is built on blockchain technology and is communally controlled by its users.

Web3 Fashion Communities: Connect fashion enthusiasts and creators through decentralized networks.

Web3 NFT Fashion: Involves non-fungible tokens and digital ownership of fashion items.

Workflow: A series of interconnected, sometimes automated, systematic steps that facilitate the creation, management, and completion of tasks or processes.