Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
18 results found in STEM Accessibility.
- Algebra Earcon (Mathematical Earcon, Math Sound)
- A non-speech auditory cue designed to represent the structural components of mathematical expressions, allowing blind users to perceive the overall shape and nesting of an expression without relying s…
- Aural Rendering (Auralization, Audio Rendering)
- The process of converting visual or textual information into a spoken or auditory representation. In programming accessibility, aural rendering transforms source code into speech output that conveys n…
- Braille Mathematics (Math Braille, Braille Math Notation)
- The various systems of Braille codes designed specifically to represent mathematical expressions, formulas, and notation in a tactile format readable by blind individuals. Because standard literary Br…
- Chemical Markup Language (CML)
- An XML-based markup language for representing chemical information including molecular structures, reactions, spectra, and other chemical data in a machine-readable format. CML encodes atoms, bonds, a…
- Code Accessibility (Programming Accessibility, Accessible Coding)
- The practice of making programming environments, source code, and software development tools usable by people with disabilities, particularly those with visual impairments. Code accessibility encompas…
- Content Dictionary (CD, OpenMath Content Dictionary)
- A formal specification in the OpenMath standard that provides the definition, description, and properties of a collection of related mathematical symbols. Each Content Dictionary defines symbols used …
- Graph (Node-Edge Diagram, Network Diagram)
- A data structure and visual representation consisting of nodes (vertices) connected by edges (links) that represent relationships between entities. In computer science and mathematics, graphs are used…
- Graph Literacy (Graphical Literacy, Graphicacy)
- The ability to read, interpret, and construct graphs and other visual data representations. Graph literacy is a critical component of STEM education and is often tested as part of mathematics and scie…
- Haptic User Interface (Haptic UI, Haptic Interface)
- A user interface that communicates information through the sense of touch, enabling users to interact with virtual or digital objects by feeling their physical properties such as shape, texture, weigh…
- Height-Field Surface (Surface plot, Heightfield plot, 2.5D surface)
- A type of 3D data visualisation in which a scalar value (for example, elevation, intensity, pressure, or probability) is plotted over a two-dimensional domain, producing a continuous surface that can …
- Line Graph (Line Chart, Line Plot)
- A type of data visualization that displays information as a series of data points connected by straight line segments, commonly used to show trends over time or relationships between variables. Line g…
- Linear Notation (Linear Mathematical Notation)
- A system for representing mathematical expressions in a single line of text, as opposed to the conventional two-dimensional spatial layout used in print mathematics. In standard mathematical notation,…
- Marburg Notation (Marburg Mathematical Notation, Marburg Braille)
- A Braille-based mathematical notation system developed at the Deutsche Blindenstudienanstalt (German Institute for the Blind) in Marburg, Germany, and widely used in German-speaking countries for read…
- Mathematical Braille (Braille Mathematics, Math Braille)
- Specialised braille notation systems used to represent mathematical symbols, expressions, and equations. Because standard literary braille has only 64 possible characters (from 6-dot cells), mathemati…
- Mathematical Notation Accessibility (Math Accessibility, Accessible Mathematics)
- The practice of making mathematical expressions, equations, and formulae perceivable and understandable by people with disabilities, particularly those who are blind or have low vision. Mathematical n…
- OpenMath
- An XML-based standard for representing mathematical objects and their semantics in a machine-readable format. Unlike MathML, which has both presentation (visual layout) and content (semantic structure…
- Syntactic Structure (Program Structure, Code Structure)
- The hierarchical arrangement of elements in a programming language according to the language's grammar rules, including how statements, expressions, and blocks are nested and related to one another. I…
- Tactile Graphics Assistant (TGA)
- A software tool developed at the University of Washington that automates parts of the tactile graphics translation process to help specialists more efficiently convert printed images into tactile form…