An artifact is the output of an automated process that take some input and outputs artifacts. Its a generic term that can mean all kinds of things depending on

An artifact is the output of an automated process that take some input and outputs artifacts. Its a generic term that can mean all kinds of things depending on the process and type of output. For example if you have a program that take an Open Office document in and produce a pdf and an epub file out then "pdf" and "ebup" would be the artifacts.