Internationalization (I18N)

Internationalization (I18N)

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Internationalization (I18N)

Writing system

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The collection of scripts and orthography required to represent a given human language in visual media.

Localizability

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The design of the software code base and resources such that a programme can be localised into different language editions without any changes to the source code.

Isolate, initial, medial, and final character forms

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The different shapes of an Arabic character that correspond to its position in a word.

Font substitution

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The explicit replacement of any reference or call to a given font face name with another face name. For example, MS Shell Dlg is only a face name and has no associated physical font. It is ...

Accessibility

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The extent to which computers are easy to use and available to a wide range of users, including people with disabilities.

Lead-byte

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The first byte of a 2-byte code point in a DBCS code page. See Double-byte character set (DBCS).

Windows Services

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

The idea (originating with MS-DOS) of a programme operating in the background while a user is doing something else in the foreground has evolved on Windows systems to a Windows Service. Examples ...