Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Conversational Management (Conversation Management, Interactional Management)
- The processes by which interlocutors jointly regulate the structure of a conversation - taking and ceding turns, pre-empting interruptions, shifting attention and topic, repairing misunderstandings, a…
- Conversational Programming (natural language programming, LLM-driven scene modification)
- Conversational programming is a paradigm in which users modify software behaviour or digital environments through natural language dialogue with an AI system, rather than through traditional developer…
- Conversational Scaffolding (Scaffolded Interaction)
- Human or technology-provided support, prompts, or guidance that helps individuals accomplish communication tasks they might struggle with independently. In voice assistant contexts, scaffolding includ…
- Conversational Search (conversational information retrieval, chat-based search)
- Conversational search is an approach to information retrieval in which users interact with a system through natural language dialogue rather than keyword queries, enabling multi-turn exchanges that it…
- Conversational User Interface (CUI, Conversational Interface, Dialogue Interface, CVUI)
- A user interface that enables interaction through natural language conversation, either via voice (spoken dialogue) or text (chat). Conversational user interfaces encompass voice assistants, chatbots,…
- Convivial Tools (Conviviality)
- A concept from philosopher Ivan Illich describing tools that are easy to learn through use, allow users to decide when and how to use them, and can adapt to individual preferences. In accessibility co…
- Convolutional Neural Network (CNN, ConvNet)
- A class of deep neural network that uses convolutional filters to automatically extract spatial features from data, originally designed for image processing but now widely applied to sensor data, audi…
- Cookie Notice (Cookie Banner, Cookie Consent Banner, Cookie Popup)
- A user interface element that appears on websites to inform visitors about the use of cookies and other tracking technologies, typically requesting consent to store data on their device. Cookie notice…
- Cooperative Evaluation (Cooperative Usability Evaluation, Modified Think-Aloud)
- A usability evaluation method in which the researcher and participant work together as collaborators rather than following a strict observer-subject protocol. Unlike standard controlled experiments, c…
- Cooperative Inquiry (Co-Inquiry)
- A participatory design methodology that involves children as full design partners throughout the technology development process, from initial brainstorming through prototyping and evaluation. Develope…
- Coordinated Views (Linked Views, Coordinated Multiple Views, Brushing and Linking)
- A data visualization technique in which multiple representations of the same dataset are displayed simultaneously and kept synchronized, so that actions in one view (such as selecting, filtering, or s…
- Copilot (Shared Control) (Gaming Copilot, Assistive Copilot)
- In shared-control video gaming, the copilot is the secondary actor who supports the pilot (the primary player, typically a person with a disability) by taking over game actions the pilot cannot perfor…
- Coping Strategies (Coping Tactics, Workaround Strategies)
- The techniques and approaches that users with disabilities develop to navigate around accessibility barriers they encounter on the web and in digital interfaces. Expert screen reader users, for exampl…
- Coping Strategy (Coping Behavior, Adaptive Strategy)
- A behavioral pattern or workaround that users with disabilities employ when encountering inaccessible digital content or interfaces. Coping strategies emerge when technology fails to meet accessibilit…
- Core Haptics
- Apple's iOS framework for designing and playing custom vibrotactile patterns on iPhone using the Taptic Engine. Core Haptics lets developers synthesize transient 'taps' and continuous vibrations, vary…
- Core Vocabulary (Core Words)
- A small set of high-frequency words — typically pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and prepositions — that make up approximately 80% of what people say in everyday communication. Examples include words like…
- Coreference (Coreference Resolution, Anaphora Resolution)
- The linguistic phenomenon of two or more expressions in a text referring to the same real-world entity — for example, "Sam", "she", and "the scientist" all referring to the same person. Coreference re…
- Corneal Reflection (Pupil-Center Corneal Reflection, PCCR)
- An eye tracking technique that works by shining a near-infrared light at the eye and measuring the relationship between the reflection off the cornea (the bright spot called the glint) and the center …
- Corporate Accessibility (Enterprise Accessibility, Organizational Accessibility Programme)
- The structured efforts by companies and organisations to ensure their products, services, and communications are accessible to people with disabilities. Corporate accessibility encompasses accessibili…
- Corpus (Language Corpus, Text Corpus, British National Corpus, BNC)
- A corpus is a large, structured collection of texts used to train, tune, or evaluate language-processing systems. Representative examples include the British National Corpus (BNC, 100 million words of…