Glossary

Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.

5 results found in Computer Science.

Collision Detection (Contact Detection, Intersection Testing)
In virtual reality and haptic systems, collision detection is the computational process of determining when virtual objects come into contact with each other or with a user's virtual representation (s…
Context-Free Grammar (CFG, Formal Grammar)
A formal system for defining the syntactic rules of a language, consisting of a set of production rules that describe how symbols can be combined to form valid expressions. In accessibility and assist…
Finite State Machine (FSM, State Machine)
A computational model that can exist in exactly one of a finite number of states at any given time, transitioning between states in response to specific inputs or events. In assistive technology, fini…
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)
A foundational robotics technique in which a robot constructs a map of an unknown environment while simultaneously estimating its own pose within that map. SLAM combines sensor input (typically LiDAR,…
Turing Test (Imitation Game)
The Turing Test, proposed by Alan Turing in 1950, is a thought experiment for assessing whether a machine's conversational behaviour is indistinguishable from that of a human. A human evaluator engage…