Glossary

Often people in a industry take for granted that everyone knows the termonology they are using. BoIA has found it helpful to provide definitions of these terms.

a11y Accessibility Statement Accelerator Keys Accommodation
ALT attribute Alternate formats Alternate methods Alternative Text
Applet Assistive technologies Braille terminal Browser
Captions Clickability cues Closed Circuit TV Magnifier (CCTV) Contrast Ratio
CSS Cognitive Disabilities Electronic and Information Technology JAWS
Keyboard emulation Long Descriptions Operable controls Programmatic Focus
Semantic markup Transcript Undue Burden Visual Focus
Web standards

 

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