Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Computer Use Agent(also: CUA, computer-using agent, desktop agent)
- A computer use agent is an AI system powered by multimodal large language models that operates a computer by taking screenshots and performing mouse, keyboard, and scroll actions — mirroring the interactions of a sighted user to complete natural language tasks such as booking a…
- Context Leakage(also: chat session context bleed)
- A failure mode in conversational AI systems in which information from earlier, unrelated chat sessions or turns influences the current response, producing output that blends contexts — for example, mixing VoiceOver (macOS) instructions into a JAWS (Windows) troubleshooting…
- Conversational Programming(also: 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-defined controls, menus, or code. In accessibility contexts, conversational…
- Conversational Search(also: 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 iteratively refine information needs. For accessibility, conversational search…
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