Glossary

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

Digital Fabrication (Digital Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping)

Digital fabrication encompasses manufacturing processes that use computer-controlled tools to create physical objects from digital designs. Common tools include laser cutters, 3D printers, and CNC rou…

• technology
• digital fabrication
• maker culture
• prototyping

Paper Prototyping (Lo-Fi Prototyping, Low-Fidelity Prototyping)

A rapid design technique that uses paper, cardboard, and other simple materials to create tangible representations of product concepts before investing in digital or electronic implementation. Paper p…

• Design Methods
• co-design
• Interaction Design
• prototyping

User Enactment (UE, Experience Prototyping)

A research method in which participants explore emerging or future technologies through simulated scenarios using physical enactment stages (mockup environments). User enactment combines brainstorming…

• Research Methods
• Inclusive Design
• human-computer interaction
• prototyping