Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Co-contraction (Unintended Co-contraction, Muscle Co-activation)
- The simultaneous activation of antagonistic muscles — for example, the biceps and triceps firing at the same time. Some co-contraction is normal and useful for joint stability, but involuntary or exce…
- Co-creation workshop (Co-creation session, Co-design workshop)
- A structured collaborative session in which researchers, designers, and participants (including end users) work together to generate ideas, explore concepts, and shape the design of products, services…
- Co-design (Co-creation, Cooperative design)
- A design methodology that actively involves end users, stakeholders, and communities as equal partners throughout the design process, going beyond consultation to shared decision-making and creative c…
- Co-design (Co-creation, Cooperative Design)
- A design methodology where end users actively participate as partners throughout the design process, contributing their expertise and lived experience to shape solutions. In co-design, researchers and…
- Co-morbidity (Comorbidity, Co-occurring Conditions, Multiple Disabilities)
- The simultaneous presence of two or more medical conditions or disabilities in a single individual. In accessibility contexts, co-morbidity is a critical design consideration because many users, parti…
- Coarticulation
- A linguistic phenomenon in sign language where the production of one sign influences the physical form of adjacent signs in continuous signing. For example, the ending hand position or handshape of on…
- Cochlear Implant (CI)
- A surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to individuals who are severely deaf or hard of hearing. Unlike hearing aids that amplify sound, cochlear implants bypass damage…
- Cochlear Implant (CI)
- A surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to individuals who are deaf or have severe hearing loss. Unlike hearing aids which amplify sound, cochlear implants bypass damag…
- Cochlear implant (CI, Bionic ear)
- A surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person with severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss by directly stimulating the auditory nerve, bypassing damaged hai…
- Cocktail Party Effect (Selective Auditory Attention)
- The human ability to focus auditory attention on a single speaker or sound source while filtering out competing background noise or other simultaneous conversations. Named after the experience of foll…
- Cocktail Party Effect
- The human ability to focus auditory attention on a single speaker or sound source while filtering out competing voices and background noise. Named after the experience of following one conversation at…
- Cocktail party effect (Selective auditory attention)
- The well-documented human ability to focus auditory attention on a single speech source among multiple simultaneous conversations, while still detecting relevant information (such as one's name) in un…
- Code Accessibility (Programming Accessibility, Accessible Coding)
- The practice of making programming environments, source code, and software development tools usable by people with disabilities, particularly those with visual impairments. Code accessibility encompas…
- Code Editor (Source Code Editor, Text Editor)
- A software application designed specifically for editing source code, offering features like syntax highlighting, code completion, bracket matching, and indentation management. Code editors range from…
- Code Folding (Code Collapsing, Outlining)
- Code folding is a feature in text editors and integrated development environments (IDEs) that allows programmers to collapse sections of code (such as functions, classes, or loops) into a single line,…
- Code Jumper (Project Torino)
- An accessible physical programming toolkit originally developed by Microsoft Research (under the name Project Torino) that uses tangible pods connected by cables to teach programming concepts to child…
- Code Literacy (Coding Literacy, Programming Literacy)
- The ability to read, write, and understand computer code, increasingly recognized as a fundamental skill for education and employment in the digital economy. In accessibility contexts, code literacy e…
- Code Navigation (Code Browsing, Codebase Navigation)
- Code navigation refers to the process of moving through, understanding, and locating specific elements within a software codebase. For sighted developers, this is supported by visual cues such as synt…
- Code Review (Peer Code Review)
- A software quality assurance practice in which one or more developers systematically examine source code written by a colleague, looking for bugs, design issues, readability problems, and adherence to…
- Code Smell (Code Anti-Pattern)
- A characteristic in source code that indicates a potential deeper problem, even if the code technically functions correctly. In accessibility contexts, code smells include patterns like using div or s…