# The short glossary Plain-language definitions for the terms you see in Minds. Source: https://docs.minds.sh/docs/getting-started/glossary | Term | Meaning | | ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Mind | A dedicated instance of the Akasha engine, with its own data and configuration. | | Akasha | The engine that implements storage, memory, retrieval, and learning capabilities. | | Helm | The conversational operator for Minds; currently labeled Operator in the UI. | | Organization | The account boundary that owns and manages instances. | | Namespace | A scope used to separate data and restrict what a caller may access. | | Keyspace | A named collection of records inside the engine. | | Capability | A signed credential describing what a caller is allowed to do. | | Artifact | A structured response in chat, such as a choice, form, progress view, or metric. | | Knowledge graph | Facts and entities connected by named relationships. | | Embedding | A numeric representation used to compare meaning or other learned features. | | Learning isolation | A review boundary between incoming information and accepted knowledge. | | Provenance | The source and transformation history behind a piece of knowledge. | | Harness | The application or agent runner that hosts an assistant and its tools. | | MCP | Model Context Protocol, a way for assistants to discover and invoke tools. | | Firecracker VM | The lightweight virtual machine specified for each Free and Pro Mind. | [Understand the concepts](/docs/concepts) ยท [Choose an interface](/docs/getting-started/choose-an-interface)