- TERMINOLOGY
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- Accesskeys
- An HTML attribute implemented to provide
keyboard shortcuts to specific parts of a page or to
follow certain links. This method is problematic due
to the way it can create conflicts with
user agents. It can,
however, offer significant advantages to users of
certain types of
assistive technology.
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- A 1990 United States law which prohibits
discrimination against people with disabilities.
- AJAX
- AJAX is an acronym for Asynchronous Javascript
and XML. It's a method to utilize the abilities of
Javascript, the
Document Object Model, and
XML to create interactivity on
the web.
- Alt text
- The alt attribute is used to provide text which
can be displayed as an alternative to an image or
embedded object on a web page. Alt text is read when
the image or embedded object is not usable by the
user agent.
- Apache
- A web server program which is widely used across
the internet. The Apache server is
Open Source Software,
which has greatly helped to spread the use of the
server program.
- Assistive Technology
- Technology meant to provide help in performing a
task, whether general or specific. Assistive
technology for the web includes braille keyboards,
audio browsers which read web pages, or
alternative entry devices such as a mouth-stick.
- Bookmarklet
- A bookmarklet is a piece of
Javascript which is
embedded in a browser bookmark and can be used as a
shortcut to perform a wide variety of complex tasks.
- Canonicalization
- The process of establishing a single
URL as the location of a web
document. Ensuring that although you may be able to
arrive to a page via multiple paths or addresses,
there is only one final address which will be
resolved by the server.
- Client side
- Client side means an action which is performed
by the browser on the computer being used to access
a web page. Also see Server
side.
- CMS
- CMS stands for Content Management System. A CMS
is a software application designed to store, manage,
and format web information. Common CMS applications
include blog software like
WordPress, forum
software like PhpBB,
or site management tools like
Drupal.
- Cookie
- A cookie is a small text file sent to a web
user's computer by a website. A cookie can be used
to identify that user to the website on their next
visit. Common uses include remembering login data,
user preferences, and providing favorites lists.
- CSS
- CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheet. This is a
document format which provides a set of style rules
which can then be incorporated in an
XHTML or HTML
document. It is a means to separate web content from
formatting and presentation information.
- Disability
- Any impairment (physical or mental) which can
make routine tasks more difficult or impossible.
- Discoverability
- The ability of any feature to be found in the
context in which it's needed.
- DOM
- The Document Object Model is a representation of
the structure of a web document which provides a
means for scripts such as
Javascript to manipulate the content and layout
of the page.
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