Internationalization Glossary: Difference between revisions

← Older edit

Latest revision as of 03:40, 11 December 2019

Code Page: A specification of code points for each graphic character in a set or in a collection of graphic characters. Within a code page, a code point may have only one specific meaning. Synonyms: code set.
Code Point: A unique bit pattern defined by 7-bits, 8-bits, 16-bits or other bit combinations. Code points are assigned graphic or control characters in a code page. Synonyms: bit representation, encoding.

Internationalization: 1) The process which ensures that our software will run seamlessly and correctly in every country of the world.; 2) The process which ensures that our software allows users in different countries to collaborate and share information.

Locale: An object that encapsulates the data and functions whose implementation depends upon a specific country or culture, such as date and time formatting, character conversion, classification, and collation.

Translation: The re-expression of concepts in another language; not the replacement of one word with another.

ULS: Universal Language Support; a set of functions and utilities for addressing internationalization support in Workplace.
Unicode: A 16-bit character encoding maintained by the Unicode Consortium capable of representing all the significant printable characters of the world.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-By [[IBM]]
+;Code Page:A specification of code points for each graphic character in a set or in a collection of graphic characters. Within a code page, a code point may have only one specific meaning. Synonyms: code set.
+;Code Point:A unique bit pattern defined by 7-bits, 8-bits, 16-bits or other bit combinations. Code points are assigned graphic or control characters in a code page. Synonyms: bit representation, encoding.
-;Code Page
+;Internationalization:1) The process which ensures that our software will run seamlessly and correctly in every country of the world.
-:A specification of code points for each graphic character in a set or in a collection of graphic characters. Within a code page, a code point may have only one specific meaning. Synonyms: code set.
+:2) The process which ensures that our software allows users in different countries to collaborate and share information.
-;Code Point
+;Locale:An object that encapsulates the data and functions whose implementation depends upon a specific country or culture, such as date and time formatting, character conversion, classification, and collation.
-:A unique bit pattern defined by 7-bits, 8-bits, 16-bits or other bit combinations. Code points are assigned graphic or control characters in a code page. Synonyms: bit representation, encoding.
-;Internationalization
+;Translation:The re-expression of concepts in another language; not the replacement of one word with another.
-:1) The process which ensures that our software will run seamlessly and correctly in every country of the world. 2) The process which ensures that our software allows users in different countries to collaborate and share information.
-;Locale
+;ULS:Universal Language Support; a set of functions and utilities for addressing internationalization support in Workplace.
-:An object that encapsulates the data and functions whose implementation depends upon a specific country or culture, such as date and time formatting, character conversion, classification, and collation.
+;Unicode:A 16-bit character encoding maintained by the Unicode Consortium capable of representing all the significant printable characters of the world.
-;Translation
+{{IBM-Reprint}}
-:The re-expression of concepts in another language; not the replacement of one word with another.
+[[Category:Developer Connection News Volume 4]]
-;ULS
-:Universal Language Support; a set of functions and utilities for addressing internationalization support in Workplace.
-;Unicode
-:A 16-bit character encoding maintained by the Unicode Consortium capable of representing all the significant printable characters of the world.
-'''Reprint Courtesy of International Business Machines Corporation, © International Business Machines Corporation'''
-[[Category:Developer Connection News]][[Category:Localization Articles]]