Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Web Proxy (HTTP Proxy, Intermediary, Edge Service, Proxy Server)
- A web proxy (or intermediary) is a server that sits between a user's browser and the origin web server, intercepting and potentially modifying HTTP requests and responses as they pass through. In the …
- Web Readability (Online Readability)
- The ease with which web content can be read and understood, encompassing both visual factors (typography, layout, color, responsive design) and linguistic factors (vocabulary, sentence complexity, con…
- Web Segmentation (Page Segmentation, Web Page Segmentation)
- The process of dividing a web page into distinct, meaningful sections or segments based on visual layout, structural markup, or content semantics. Web segmentation is important for accessibility becau…
- Web Services
- A standardized method of communication between software applications over the internet, typically using protocols such as HTTP, XML, SOAP, or REST. In the context of accessibility, web services archit…
- Web Speech API (Web Speech, SpeechSynthesis API)
- A browser-native JavaScript API that provides speech recognition and speech synthesis capabilities directly within web applications. The Web Speech API enables developers to add text-to-speech and voi…
- Web Tracking (Online Tracking, Behavioural Tracking)
- The collection of information about users across websites, typically by third parties, using techniques such as cookies, fingerprinting, tracking pixels, and network requests. Web tracking raises priv…
- 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 Transcoding (Content Transcoding, Web Content Transformation)
- The process of automatically transforming web content to improve its presentation or accessibility for specific users or devices. Transcoding techniques can include simplifying page structure, adaptin…
- Web Widget (Widget, UI Widget, Web Component)
- A discrete, interactive user interface element within a web page that allows users to perform specific actions or view dynamic content. Widgets range from simple controls like checkboxes and dropdown …
- 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…
- Web of Things (WoT)
- An application layer built on top of the Internet of Things (IoT) that uses open web standards — including HTTP, WebSockets, JSON-LD, and semantic web technologies — as a universal platform for intero…
- Web-Based Learning (WBL, Online Learning, E-Learning)
- An educational approach that delivers instructional content and learning experiences through web browsers and internet-connected platforms, encompassing everything from static course websites to inter…
- WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind)
- WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind) is a non-profit organization based at the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University, founded in 1999 and recognized internationally as a leading …
- 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…
- WebAnywhere
- A web-based, self-voicing screen reader developed at the University of Washington that enabled blind users to access the web from any computer with an Internet connection and sound output, without ins…
- WebExtensions API (WebExtensions, Web Extensions API)
- A cross-browser standard for building browser extensions, supported by Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, and other major browsers. It defines how extensions declare capabilities in a manifest.json file, i…
- WebVTT (Web Video Text Tracks, Web Video Text Tracks Format)
- WebVTT (Web Video Text Tracks) is the W3C standard text format for providing timed text tracks — including captions, subtitles, descriptions, chapters, and metadata — synchronized with HTML5 <video> a…
- Webcam-Based Interaction (Camera-Based Interaction, Video-Based Input)
- An interaction paradigm where users communicate with a computer system through a webcam or camera, using gestures, sign language, facial expressions, or body movements as input. In accessibility conte…
- Weber's Law (Weber Ratio, Weber's Ratio, Weber-Fechner Law)
- Weber's Law is a foundational principle of psychophysics stating that the smallest detectable change in a stimulus — the just-noticeable difference — is a roughly constant fraction of the stimulus mag…
- Webtoon (Web Comic, Digital Comic)
- A format of digital comic originating in South Korea, designed for vertical scrolling on mobile devices. Webtoons are characterized by their long, continuous vertical panels, vibrant colors, and dynam…