Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
4 results found in technology infrastructure.
- Middleware
- Software that acts as an intermediary layer between different applications, services, or components, enabling them to communicate and share data despite being built with different technologies, protoc…
- Off-Device Processing (Cloud Processing, Remote Processing)
- Computing performed on external servers rather than on the user's local device, requiring data to be transmitted over the internet. In the context of visual assistance technologies, off-device process…
- On-Device Processing (Local Processing, Edge Processing)
- Computing performed directly on a user's device (phone, tablet, or wearable) rather than sending data to external servers. On-device processing is particularly valuable for privacy-sensitive accessibi…
- Spatial Anchor (World Anchor, Azure Spatial Anchor)
- A reference point in physical space used to precisely position and lock virtual content to real-world locations in augmented reality applications. Spatial anchors ensure that virtual objects remain co…