Internationalization (I18N)

Internationalization (I18N)

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registry

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

A Windows file that stores user preferences, including international settings as well as application-specific settings.

clipboard

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

A Windows utility used as a buffer for copying and pasting text.

unicode

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

A worldwide character encoding that includes most of the world’s scripts; it is developed, maintained, and promoted by the Unicode Consortium, a nonprofit computer industry organization. (The ...

han unification

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The process of assigning the same code point to characters historically perceived as being the same character but represented as unique in more than one East Asian ideographic character standard. ...

(1) The basic element of an alphabet. (2) A higher level of abstraction than Character. For example, both the Spanish “ch” and the Danish “aa” can be considered as single letters for some purposes. ...

globalization

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The process of developing a program core whose features and code design are not solely based on a single language or locale. Instead, their design is developed for the input, display, and output of a ...

code point, or code element

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

(1) The minimum bit combination that can represent a unit of encoded text for processing or exchange. (2) An index into a code page or a Unicode standard.