Internationalization (I18N)

Internationalization (I18N)

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Internationalization (I18N)

Uppercase

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

Denotes letters that are capitalized. For instance, acronyms (such as “HTML”) typically consist of all uppercase letters. The notion of uppercase does not apply to East Asian and Middle Eastern ...

Lowercase

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

Denotes letters that are not capitalized. For instance, the word “nationality” is all lowercase. The notion of lowercase does not apply to East Asian and Middle Eastern scripts.

Designed by what was formerly the National Committee for Information Technology Standards (NCITS)–now known as the “InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards” (INCITS)–Technical ...

Usability testing

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

A series of tests in which users are observed trying to complete a given set of tasks. The purpose of usability testing is to determine how intuitive test subjects find new programme features.

Bopomofo

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

A set of characters used to teach the phonetics of Chinese. These characters are used in teaching materials such as dictionaries, but do not appear in the actual writing of the Chinese language.

Application programming interface (API)

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

A set of functions supported by the operating system.

Multilingual user interface (MUI) pack

Software; Internationalization (I18N)

A set of language-specific resources that can be added to the English version of Windows XP Professional and the .NET Server. Once installed, MUI Packs allow the UI language of the operating system ...