Internationalization (I18N)

Internationalization (I18N)

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Software; Internationalization (I18N)

A series of contours made up of straight lines and curves that define the shape of a glyph.

Umlaut

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The two dots placed above a vowel, such as “ä,” “ö,” and “ü,” which are used in German and other European languages to indicate a change in the pronunciation of the vowel. See ...

Nonspacing character

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

A character, such as a diacritic, that has no meaning by itself but overlaps an adjacent character to form a third character.

Strong character

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A character from which text direction can be determined.

Ideographic character

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A character of Chinese origin representing a word or a syllable that is generally used in more than one Asian language. Sometimes referred to as a “Chinese character.” See Kanji, Hanzi, and ...

Screen coordinates

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The system and applications specify the position of a window on the screen in screen coordinates. The full position of a window is often described by a RECT structure containing the screen ...

A character that graphically combines with a preceding base character. The combining character is said to apply to that base character. The combining acute accent mark ́ - U+0301 - is an example of a ...