Glossary

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• slip

  (psychology) an error resulting from skilled behavior being perfor…

• ruggedized device

  a piece of hardware designed for abuse, such as adverse environments…

• information filtering

  selecting subsets of information to deliver to the user, based on use…

• creeping featurism

  the tendency for every new version of software to have more features t…

• assistive technology

  AT or enabling technology; technology used by those with disabiliti…

• dialog box

  a type of window other than the main document window, commonly used to…

• customer support

  sometimes “tech support”; assistance provided to a us…

• color blindness

  an inability to distinguish certain color combinations. About 8% of…