Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Gist Summary (Gist, Page Gist, Web Page Summary)
- A gist summary is a brief, automatically or manually generated overview of a document or web page that captures its central theme or focus, enabling a reader to quickly assess the content's relevance …
- Git Diff (Code Diff, Diff View)
- A comparison view that shows the differences between two versions of a file or set of files in a version control system. Git diff displays additions, deletions, and modifications using visual markers …
- GitHub Copilot (Copilot)
- An AI code assistant developed by GitHub and Microsoft, integrated into editors such as Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, and JetBrains IDEs. Copilot offers inline code completion, conversational cha…
- Glanceability (Glanceable, At-a-Glance Access)
- Glanceability refers to the ability of a user to quickly extract key information from a document, interface, or data display with minimal effort. In the context of accessibility, glanceability describ…
- Glare (Visual Glare)
- Excessive brightness or reflections from surfaces or light sources that cause visual discomfort, reduce visibility, or impair the ability to see clearly. Glare is a significant accessibility barrier f…
- Glare Sensitivity (Photophobia, Light Sensitivity)
- An increased sensitivity to light that causes discomfort, visual difficulty, or pain, commonly experienced by people with various eye conditions including cataracts, macular degeneration, and albinism…
- Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
- A standardized neurological assessment scale used to evaluate the severity of brain injuries by measuring three aspects of responsiveness: eye opening (1-4 points), verbal response (1-5 points), and m…
- Glaucoma
- A group of eye diseases that damage the optic nerve, usually caused by abnormally high intraocular pressure. It is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide, affecting over 80 mill…
- Glaucoma
- A group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, typically associated with elevated intraocular pressure. Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. It usually causes gradu…
- Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)
- An annual event held on the third Thursday of May to focus attention on digital access and inclusion for the more than one billion people with disabilities worldwide. Founded in 2011, GAAD is observed…
- Global Navigation (Macro navigation, Route-scale navigation)
- Navigation at the scale of routes and buildings — delivering a user from a starting point to a general destination area (a room, a platform, an exit). In blind-navigation research, global-navigation s…
- Global North (Developed Countries, First World)
- A socioeconomic and political designation referring to countries that are typically wealthier, more economically developed, and generally located in the northern hemisphere — plus Australia and New Ze…
- Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (GPII)
- A framework and set of technologies designed to allow people with disabilities to automatically have their accessibility preferences and settings applied across any device, platform, or service they e…
- Global South (Developing World, Majority World)
- A term referring broadly to countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Oceania that have been historically marginalized in global economic and political systems. In accessibility research, the Glob…
- Global South Accessibility (Accessibility in Low-Resource Settings, Developing World Accessibility)
- The study and practice of making technology, environments, and services accessible to people with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries. Over 80% of the world's one billion people with disa…
- Global South accessibility (Accessibility in developing countries, Majority world accessibility)
- The study and practice of accessibility in countries of the Global South (Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Latin America), where over 80% of people with disabilities live. Accessibility in these cont…
- Global Symbols
- A community-interest company and open symbol platform that hosts multiple pictogram libraries for AAC and Easy Read, supports translation into many languages, and provides an AI-assisted SymbolBuilder…
- Gloss (Sign Gloss, Gloss Notation)
- A form of transliteration used in sign language research where written words from a spoken language (typically the dominant spoken language of the region, such as English) are used as labels to repres…
- Glyph Substitution (GSUB)
- A typographic process in which one or more characters in a text are replaced with alternative visual forms (glyphs) based on context, language, or stylistic requirements. In OpenType fonts, the GSUB t…
- Goal Crossing (Crossing-Based Input, Crossing Interface)
- An input technique where users select targets by moving through a boundary line rather than clicking within a target area. Research shows goal crossing can improve input performance for people with mo…