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## Anatomy of a Testing Method

Each type of testing (Keyboard, Screen Reader, etc.) can have the following sections in the order presented below:

1. Prerequisites
   1. Other Tests or Software
   2. Abilities
2. Steps
3. Creating Issues
   1. Individual Issues
   2. Exceptions
4. Knowledge
5. Last Updated

## Terminology

Terminology will be added as needed or as requested.

* **Focus** - The currently active UI (user-interface) component
* **Focus Order** - the ordering of items that can receive focus via standard keyboard controls (*Tab*; *Shift+Tab*; *Arrow Keys*)
* **Tab Order** - see *Focus Order*
* **View** - A particular state of a web page. For example: *Homepage with navigation menu open*.


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