Vocabulary

Question 1

What is WCAG?

Answer 1

WCAG is the acronym for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. They’re written and maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to define web accessibility.

Question 2

What is the W3C?

Answer 2

W3C is the acronym for World Web Web Consortium. They are an international community for development of Web standards.

Question 3

What is ATAG?

Answer 3

ATAG is the acronym for Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines, produced by the W3C.

Question 4

What is WAI-ARIA?

Answer 4

An add-on language to HTML that adds markup exclusively for screen readers.
WAI = Web Accessibility Initiative
ARIA = Accessible Rich Internet Applications

Question 5

What is APG?

Answer 5

Aria Authoring Practices Guide, produced by the W3C

Question 6

What is an interstitial view?

Answer 6

A webpage displayed before/after an expected content page.

Question 7

What is WebVTT?

Answer 7

The WebVTT (Web Video Text Tracks) format is intended for marking up external text track resources in connection with the HTML <track></track> element.

Question 8

What is a vestibular disorder?

Answer 8

An inner ear inbalance, such as vertigo

Question 9

What is a parallax effect?

Answer 9

A design technique where different parts of the page move at different speeds.