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Term The simple explanation
Accessibility The fact that a website can be used by anyone, including people who do not see well, do not hear, cannot use a mouse or have difficulty reading.
ADR Romanian Authority for Digitalisation (Autoritatea pentru Digitalizarea României): the state institution responsible for digitalising public administration, which also checks the accessibility of public websites.
Checkpoint A moment set in advance when, based on public criteria, a decision is made on whether the project goes ahead, changes or stops.
Component A reusable building block of an interface: a button, a field to fill in, an error message.
Contrast The difference in brightness between text and background. Contrast that is too low makes text hard to read. It is measured as a ratio, for example 4.5 : 1.
Design system A shared set of principles, building blocks, “recipes” and explanations, plus a team that maintains them, so that all services work in the same way.
Design tokens The basic values of a design (colours, sizes, spacing), defined once and used everywhere. If you change a token, it changes everywhere.
EN 301 549 The European standard for the accessibility of digital products and services. It is based on WCAG.
EUPL The European Union Public Licence for open-source software.
Ghișeul.ro The national system through which you pay taxes and duties to the state online.
.gov.ro The official internet domain of the Government of Romania. It is mandatory for central institutions and prefectures (the Government’s offices in each county). Town halls do not have to use it.
MUD Modelul Unitar de Design (the Unified Design Model): the design system of the Republic of Moldova, in Romanian.
MVP (minimum viable product) The smallest version of a product that can be tried out in practice, on real services.
Open source Code that anyone can see, use and improve, free of charge.
Pattern (recipe) The shared solution for a task that comes up often: how you ask for an address, how you check a CNP (Romanian personal numeric code), how you confirm an application.
Pilot (pilot service) A real service chosen to test the system before it is extended.
Plain language A way of writing so that the reader understands the first time: short sentences, everyday words, the important information first.
ROeID The national digital identity system, which you use to sign in to state websites.
Romanian Sign Language (LSR) The mother tongue of many deaf people in Romania, recognised by law since 2020.
Screen reader A program that reads aloud what appears on the screen. It is used mostly by people who are blind or have low vision.
SDGR Government of Romania Design System (Sistemul de Design al Guvernului României): the name I use on this site for the design system I propose. It is not an official project.
SGG General Secretariat of the Government (Secretariatul General al Guvernului). Among other things, it manages the Government’s visual identity guide and the register of .gov.ro domains.
SUDD Single Digital Design System (Sistemul Unic de Design Digital): the design system provided for in bill PL-x 300/2026. It does not exist yet.
Template (page template) A whole page, already assembled from components, which an institution can adapt.
Theme The set of colours and visual details specific to an institution or to a level of administration, applied on top of the shared building blocks.
Trust banner (official banner) A thin strip at the top of a state website that helps you check that the site is genuine. It is not an absolute guarantee: a fake site can copy it, so you should also check the address.
Version A numbered edition of the system (for example 1.0, 1.1). Institutions know exactly what they are using and when something changes.
WCAG The international guidelines for web content accessibility. Level “AA” is the usual target for public websites.

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