Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
12 results found in Digital Inclusion.
- C2C Marketplace (Customer-to-Customer Marketplace, Peer-to-Peer Marketplace)
- An online platform where individual consumers list goods or services for sale to other individual consumers, rather than selling through a business intermediary. Examples include eBay, Etsy, Mercari, …
- Digital Citizenship
- Digital citizenship refers to the capacity to participate fully, safely and recognisably in online and digital public life - having roles, routines and voice in the platforms where shared culture and …
- Digital Disability Divide
- The gap between people with and without disabilities in both access to and effective use of information and communication technologies. The term extends the broader concept of the digital divide to em…
- Digital Labor (Digital Labour, Online Labor)
- Work performed through digital platforms and online systems, including microtask crowdwork, gig economy jobs, and remote freelancing. Digital labor raises important accessibility considerations becaus…
- Digital Television (DTV, Digital TV, iTV, Interactive Television)
- Television broadcasting and receiving technology that uses digital signals rather than analogue, enabling additional features such as interactive services, electronic programme guides, on-demand conte…
- Esports (Competitive Gaming, Electronic Sports, E-Sports)
- Organised, competitive video-game play — typically involving tournaments, teams, audiences, and professional players. Esports has grown into a major global industry and a site of accessibility researc…
- Financial Literacy
- The knowledge and skills needed to make informed decisions about money — including understanding income, expenses, saving, debt, interest, credit, taxes, insurance, and benefits programs. For accessib…
- Fintech (Financial Technology)
- An umbrella term for software and digital-service innovations in the financial sector, including online and mobile banking, payments (e.g., Apple Pay, PayPal), budgeting apps, investment platforms, di…
- Gig Economy (Platform Economy, On-Demand Economy)
- An economic model characterized by short-term, flexible, and freelance work arrangements facilitated through digital platforms, rather than traditional permanent employment. For people with disabiliti…
- Grey Digital Divide (Gray Digital Divide, Age-Related Digital Divide)
- The gap in technology adoption, usage, and digital skills between older adults and younger populations. While older adults may be interested in using technology for communication, health management, a…
- Inclusive Esports (Accessible Esports)
- A framing of competitive gaming that enables players with and without disabilities to compete on common terms — through universal input modalities (e.g., EMG, motion sensing, eye tracking), accessible…
- Indian Language Accessibility (Indic Language Accessibility)
- The set of challenges and solutions involved in making digital technology accessible to people with disabilities who use Indian languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, and others. In…