Internationalization Defined
Intrernationalization is the process of making the “wrapping” around a product flexible so that it can easily be adapted for many different locales (target markets) around the world. This concept could be applied to many different types of products such as the images used in books or voltage standards used in various electronic devices, but is mostly used when referring to software.
Where software is concerned, adaptations are made to internationalize the code so that languages worldwide are supported and displayed correctly (for example, French, Arabic and Chinese), date formats match target market norms, alphabetization works correctly in the various languages required, and much more.
The process of internationalization makes the software ready to correctly provide input and output around the world. Once internationalization is achieved, software is ready for repeated localization and translation for many markets around the world, as business cases require.
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