UX Glossary
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Cognitive Walkthrough
The cognitive walkthrough is a usability inspection method that focuses on evaluating a design for ease of learning, particularly by exploration.
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Content Audit
A content audit is a qualitative evaluation of content against a set of defined criteria that measures content against business and user goals.
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Context of Use
Context of use for a product consists of 1. user goals 2. user tasks 3. equipment 4. environmental characteristics.
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Ergonomics
Ergonomics (or Human Factors) is the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system.
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Human Factors
The terms human factors and ergonomics are closely associated with engineering psychology, the study of human performance in the operation of systems.
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Ontology
An ontology is an explicit specification of a conceptualization. The term is borrowed from philosophy, where an ontology is a systematic account of existence.
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Post-Study System Usability Questionnaire (PSSUQ)
Developed by IBM, the PSSUQ consists of 19 items aimed to address the five system usability characteristics.
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User Experience (UX)
The ISO definition for User Experience is a person’s perceptions and responses that result from the use or anticipated use of a product, system or service.