Internet Archive
Also known as: Wayback Machine, Web Archive
A non-profit digital library founded in 1996 that archives web pages, books, audio, video, and software for free public access. Its Wayback Machine service stores historical snapshots of websites, allowing researchers to view how web pages appeared at specific points in time. In accessibility research, the Internet Archive is a valuable resource for longitudinal studies of web accessibility, enabling retrospective analysis of how accessibility barriers have changed as web technologies evolved. The archive has preserved hundreds of billions of web pages since 1996.
Category: Web Accessibility · Research Methods · Resources · Web Development
Related: Web Accessibility Barrier · Web Complexity · Longitudinal Study