Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
116 results found in technology.
- AD Timing (Audio Description Timing, AD Placement)
- The process of determining when audio descriptions should be inserted into video content. Effective AD timing requires identifying natural pauses in dialogue and significant audio where descriptions c…
- AI Chatbot Accessibility (Accessible AI, LLM Accessibility)
- The design and evaluation of AI-powered chatbots and large language model applications to ensure they are usable by and beneficial to people with disabilities. This encompasses both the technical acce…
- AI Code Generation (Code Generation Model, AI Coding Assistant, LLM Code Generation)
- The use of large language models and machine learning to automatically generate, suggest, or complete source code based on natural language prompts or existing code context. Tools like GitHub Copilot,…
- ARKit (Apple ARKit)
- ARKit is Apple's augmented reality development framework for iOS that enables developers to create AR experiences for iPhone and iPad. It uses the device's camera, motion sensors, and processor to det…
- Accessible Fintech (Accessible Financial Technology, accessFinTech)
- The design and development of financial technology products and services — including online banking, mobile payments, digital wallets, and cryptocurrency platforms — that are usable by people with dis…
- Amazon Alexa (Alexa, Echo)
- A cloud-based voice assistant developed by Amazon, available on Echo smart speakers, Echo Show smart displays, and third-party devices. Users interact with Alexa through wake-word-activated voice comm…
- Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT, MTurk, Mechanical Turk)
- A crowdsourcing marketplace operated by Amazon that enables individuals and businesses to distribute tasks (called Human Intelligence Tasks or HITs) to a distributed workforce who complete them remote…
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Computer systems designed to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, including visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and language translation. In accessibility, AI p…
- Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon (BLE Beacon, iBeacon, Bluetooth Beacon)
- A small, low-power wireless transmitter that broadcasts Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals at regular intervals. In accessibility contexts, BLE beacons are widely used for indoor navigation systems fo…
- Bluetooth beacon (BLE beacon, iBeacon)
- A small wireless transmitter that uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to broadcast signals to nearby devices, enabling indoor positioning and proximity detection. In accessibility applications, beacon net…
- Capacitive Touch (Capacitive Sensing, Capacitive Touch Sensing)
- A touch detection technology that works by measuring changes in electrical capacitance when a conductive object, such as a human finger, comes near or contacts an electrode surface. The finger and ele…
- Capacitive Touchscreen (Capacitive Touch Display, Cap Touch)
- A capacitive touchscreen is a type of display that detects touch input by sensing changes in the electrical field caused by the conductivity of a human finger or conductive stylus. Unlike resistive to…
- Capacitive marker (Capacitive fiducial, Conductive marker)
- A conductive structure embedded in a physical object that registers as a touch point on a capacitive touchscreen, enabling the device to detect the object's position and orientation without cameras or…
- Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
- A digital form of a country's official currency issued and regulated by its central bank, designed to function as legal tender alongside physical cash. CBDCs raise significant accessibility and inclus…
- Civic Technology (Civic Tech, Civic Hacking)
- Technology developed by community members, advocacy groups, or volunteers to improve public services, increase government transparency, and address civic challenges. In accessibility, civic technology…
- Computational Thinking (Algorithmic Thinking)
- A problem-solving approach that involves breaking complex problems into smaller steps, identifying patterns, abstracting details, and designing step-by-step solutions—similar to how a computer process…
- Computer Vision (CV, Machine Vision)
- A field of artificial intelligence that enables computers to interpret, understand, and extract information from visual data including images and videos. Computer vision technologies—such as object de…
- Context Engineering (Context management)
- The practice, in LLM-based systems, of deliberately selecting, structuring, and injecting the information an AI model sees on each call — beyond just the user's latest message — so that outputs are gr…
- Context-Aware Computing (Context Awareness, Situational Awareness Computing)
- Computing systems that can sense and adapt their behavior based on the user's current context, including location, activity, environment, and task state. In accessibility, context-aware systems go bey…
- Cross-Platform Development (Cross-Platform Framework, Multi-Platform Development)
- A software development approach that allows a single codebase to run on multiple operating systems or device platforms, such as iOS and Android. Frameworks like React Native, Flutter, and Xamarin enab…