Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The condition or quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptibility.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptiveness.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the quality of being at hand when needed
  • noun the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with

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Examples

  • I lump the following together when I use the term accessibility: ease of install, support for low end machines, easy game WoW is freakishly easy- if you can't level up, and level up fast, in WoW, give up computer games as a hobby, clean and easy to use interface, easy to find something to do inside the game.

    The Golden 1M: World of Warcraft 2005

  • As I mentioned earlier, accessibility is clearly a critical problem yet the term is never adequately defined under the Act. This crisis in accessibility is symptomatic of a system not keeping pace with growing demands.

    Health Care: We Can’t Go On Like This. Is There a Way out of our Health-Care Dilemma? 1998

  • I believe in the unfashionable proposition that accessibility is a literary virtue.

    do I fall through what I might of been? truepenny 2009

  • Former Vibe and Spin editor Alan Light says her mix of indomitability and accessibility is one key to her enduring appeal.

    Beyonce is poised to take a well-deserved break in 2010 2010

  • Web Accessibility Gone Wild wrapped the day with practical tips and a great summation: we get so caught up in accessibility that we forget what its actually about – getting content to the user.

    April « 2010 « Kristal Dale 2010

  • Authors Wendy Chisholm and Matt May posit that accessibility is not simply a matter of accommodating persons with disabilities, but rather about enabling the user to choose how they want to access web content – via the web, a mobile device, a screen reader, etc.

    March « 2010 « Kristal Dale 2010

  • Web Accessibility Gone Wild wrapped the day with practical tips and a great summation: we get so caught up in accessibility that we forget what its actually about – getting content to the user.

    Highlights From SXSWi 2010 « Kristal Dale 2010

  • March 1st, 2009 at 1: 56 pm excellent point Renner. the accessibility is something I was trying to get at earlier.

    Clusterbook #1 | clusterflock 2009

  • In Accessibility: What It Is For and Where It Is Going, the discussion focused on where accessibility is today and what needs to be done to take it to the next level.

    Highlights From SXSWi 2010 « Kristal Dale 2010

  • Authors Wendy Chisholm and Matt May posit that accessibility is not simply a matter of accommodating persons with disabilities, but rather about enabling the user to choose how they want to access web content – via the web, a mobile device, a screen reader, etc.

    Universal Design for Web Applications (Universal Design is Good Engineering) « Kristal Dale 2010

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