Internationalisation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  internationalisation \internationalisation\ n.
     the act of bringing something under international control.
     [Chiefly Brit.]
  
     Syn: internationalization.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  internationalisation
       n : the act of bringing something under international control
           [syn: {internationalization}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  internationalisation
       
           (i18n, globalisation, enabling, software
          enabling) The process and philosophy of making software
          portable to other {locales}.
       
          For successful {localisation}, products must be technically
          and culturally neutral.  Effective internationalisation
          reduces the time and resources required for localisation,
          improving time-to-market abroad and allowing {simultaneous
          shipment}.  In orther words, internationalisation abstracts
          out local details, localisation specifies those details for a
          particular locale.
       
          Technically this may include allowing {double-byte character
          sets} such as {unicode} or Japanese, local numbering, date and
          currency formats, and other local format conventions.
       
          It also includes the separation of {user interface} text
          e.g. in {dialog boxes} and {menus}.  All the text used by an
          application may be kept in a separate file or directory, so
          that it can be translated all at once.  User interfaces may
          require more screen space for text in other languages.
       
          The simplest form of internationalisation may be to make use
          of {operating system} calls that format time, date and
          currency values according to the operating system's
          configuration.
       
          The abbreviation i18n means "I - eighteen letters - N".
       
          (1999-06-28)