# Glossary
- Soul: low‑dimensional identity vector injected per block via gates/bias.
- Mask: fixed subset of parameters allowed online updates (≤5%).
- Fast‑Weights: session‑local associative cache in attention with decay.
- EWC: Elastic Weight Consolidation penalty against an anchor checkpoint.
- Orth‑grad: gradient projection to reduce interference.
- Belief graph: durable commitments with contradiction checks.