Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- False Negative(also: Type II Error)
- An error in which a system fails to identify something that is actually present or true. In privacy and obfuscation contexts, a false negative occurs when an AI system fails to detect private content that should be obfuscated, potentially exposing sensitive information like…
- False Positive(also: Type I Error)
- An error in which a system incorrectly identifies something as present or true when it is not. In privacy and obfuscation contexts, a false positive occurs when an AI system incorrectly flags non-private content as private and applies obfuscation unnecessarily, potentially…
- Functional Web Accessibility Evaluator(also: FAE, Functional Accessibility Evaluator)
- A web accessibility testing tool developed by the University of Illinois that evaluates websites based on coding techniques and best practices rather than simply checking for the presence or absence of specific HTML attributes. Unlike traditional tools that might only verify…
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