Internationalization (I18N)

Internationalization (I18N)

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Specification, or spec

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

A detailed plan of a program’s user-interface design and the expected functionality of programme features.

Diaeresis

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

Two dots placed over a Latin vowel to indicate that the vowel is pronounced as a separate syllable (as in the word “naïve”). Typically used when two vowels are adjacent, but should be pronounced ...

TrueType

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

A digital font technology (designed by Apple Computer and now used by both Apple and Microsoft in their operating systems) that offers superior display quality on computer screens and printers.

Two or more characters combined to represent a single typographical character. The modern Latin script uses only a few. Other scripts use many ligatures that depend on font and style. Some languages, ...

Vertical kerning

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

A feature used in Arabic to position diacritics at different heights, since it is considered rudimentary to display diacritics all at the same height.

MM TEXT

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

Unit of measure used to convert logical units to device units; it also defines the orientation of the device’s x- and y-axes. GDI uses the mapping mode to convert logical coordinates into the ...