Terminal Buffer

A text-based area in a terminal or command-line interface that stores and displays the output of executed commands. In accessibility contexts, an accessible terminal buffer allows screen reader users to navigate terminal output line by line and character by character using standard arrow keys, rather than receiving the entire output as a single speech announcement. The implementation of accessible terminal buffers in editors like Visual Studio Code was a significant milestone for blind programmers, replacing previously inaccessible output containers with navigable text editor components.