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A11y
A11y is a numeronym for "accessibility" — the letter "a", followed by 11 letters ("ccessibilit"), followed by "y" — commonly used in software engineering shorthand, GitHub labels, and documentation to refer to the practice of building usable products for people with disabilities.
About A11y
The format mirrors other engineering numeronyms (i18n for internationalization, k8s for kubernetes). Pronounced "ally" or "A-eleven-y".
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