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From User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (2002-12-17) | Glossary for this source

In this document, the verb "to activate" means (depending on context) either: To execute or carry out one or more behaviors associated with an enabled element.To execute or carry out one or more behaviors associated with a component of the user agent user interface.The effect of activation depends on the type of the user interface control. For instance, when a link is activated, the user agent generally retrieves the linked Web resource. When a form element is activated, it may change state (e.g., check boxes) or may take user input (e.g., a text entry field).

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