Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
178 results found in web accessibility.
- WCAG 2.4 Navigable (Guideline 2.4, Navigable Guideline)
- A guideline within the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) under the Operable principle that requires web content to provide ways to help users navigate, find content, and determine where they…
- WCAG Conformance (WCAG Compliance, Web Accessibility Conformance)
- The degree to which a website or web application meets the requirements defined in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). WCAG defines three conformance levels: Level A (minimum, addressing …
- WCAG Conformance Levels (WCAG Levels, Level A, Level AA, Level AAA, Conformance Levels)
- WCAG defines three levels of conformance that indicate the degree to which web content meets accessibility requirements. Level A is the minimum, addressing the most critical barriers that would comple…
- Web Accessibility Assessment (Accessibility Evaluation, Accessibility Audit, Web Accessibility Testing)
- The process of evaluating websites and web applications to determine how well they meet accessibility standards and guidelines, typically WCAG. Assessment methods include automated testing with evalua…
- Web Accessibility Evaluation (Accessibility Assessment, Accessibility Review)
- The process of assessing whether a website or web application meets accessibility standards and can be used by people with disabilities. Evaluation methods include automated testing using tools like a…
- Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
- A program of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) that develops strategies, standards, and supporting resources to make the web accessible to people with disabilities. Founded in 1997, WAI is responsib…
- Web Accessibility Remediation (Accessibility Remediation, A11y Remediation)
- The process of identifying and fixing accessibility barriers in existing websites and digital content to bring them into compliance with standards like WCAG. Remediation can be manual (developers edit…
- Web Adaptation (Content Adaptation, Web Content Adaptation)
- The process of automatically modifying web content to improve usability, accessibility, or presentation for specific users, devices, or contexts. Web adaptation techniques include restructuring page l…
- Web Automation (Browser Automation, Web Macro)
- The process of automating browsing actions on behalf of a user, such as filling forms, navigating between pages, clicking links, or extracting content. Web automation can be achieved through macros (p…
- Web Clutter (Page Clutter, Visual Clutter)
- Non-essential elements on a web page that do not contribute to the primary content or user task, such as advertisements, decorative images, redundant navigation, social media widgets, and promotional …
- Web Inclusion (Digital Inclusion, Web for All)
- The principle and practice of ensuring that the web is usable by and beneficial to all people, regardless of disability, language, literacy, cultural background, technical proficiency, or socio-econom…
- Web Page Segmentation (Page Segmentation, Visual Page Segmentation)
- The process of dividing a web page into its constituent visual blocks or semantic regions, such as headers, navigation menus, content areas, sidebars, and footers. Segmentation algorithms analyse both…
- Web Transcoding (Content Transcoding, Web Page Transcoding)
- The process of transforming or reformatting web page content to make it more accessible or usable in different contexts. Transcoding techniques include removing irrelevant elements, reordering content…
- Web disorientation (Lost in hyperspace, Navigation disorientation)
- The feeling of being lost or confused while navigating websites, characterized by difficulty knowing one's current location within a site, how to return to previously visited pages, or how to find des…
- WebAIM Million (WebAIM Million Report, The WebAIM Million)
- An annual accessibility evaluation study conducted by WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind) that automatically tests the home pages of the top one million websites against WCAG 2 success criteria. The st…
- Widget (UI Widget, Web Widget, Interactive Component)
- A discrete user interface object that users can interact with, such as a dropdown menu, slider, tab panel, date picker, modal dialog, or autocomplete field. The W3C defines a widget as a "discrete use…
- Widget accessibility (ARIA widget roles, Custom control accessibility)
- The practice of ensuring that interactive user interface components — such as drop-down menus, tab panels, accordions, modal dialogs, and sliders — are operable and perceivable by users of assistive t…
- axe DevTools (axe, axe-core)
- A widely used suite of automated accessibility testing tools developed by Deque Systems, available as browser extensions, command-line tools, and integrable libraries. The axe-core engine is an open-s…