36 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Software; Translation & localization > Internationalization (I18N)
Internationalization (I18N)
Industry: Software; Translation & localization
Add a new termContributors in Internationalization (I18N)
Internationalization (I18N)
Glyph
Software; Internationalization (I18N)
The actual shape (bit pattern, outline, and so forth) of a character image. For example, an italic “a” and a roman “a” are two different glyphs representing the same character.
AltGr
Software; Internationalization (I18N)
The Alt key on the right on some non-U.S. Windows keyboard layouts. The AltGr key is equivalent to the Ctrl+Alt key combination and is used to create an alternative shift state for accessing ...
Levels of localization
Software; Internationalization (I18N)
The amount of translation and customization necessary to create different language editions. The levels, which are determined by balancing risk and return, range from translating nothing to shipping ...
Wchar t
Software; Internationalization (I18N)
The ANSI C–defined wide-character type, usually either 16 or 32 bits. ANSI rules say that wchar_t should be at least as wide as the char data type, and that the wide-character equivalents of the C ...
Private-use zone
Software; Internationalization (I18N)
The area in Unicode repertoire from U+E000 through U+F8FF, U+F0000 through U+FFFFD, and U+100000 through U+10FFFD that is set aside for vendor-specific or user-designed characters.
Compatibility zone
Software; Internationalization (I18N)
The area in Unicode repertoire from U+F900 through U+FFEF that is assigned to characters from other standards. These characters are variants of other Unicode characters.
Font association
Software; Internationalization (I18N)
The automatic pairing of a font that contains ideographs with a font that does not contain ideographs. This allows the user to enter ideographic characters regardless of which font is selected.
