When people discuss about Internationalization they use the word i18n more often. For first time I didnt get what they are referring at by i18n, then I came to know that its internationalization. So wanted to know how internationalization = i18n?
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A:
18 is the number of letters between i and n in internazionalization word.
This contraction is an English numerical contraction; contractions were the ellipsis of all but the first and last character is show by the number of omitted characters
systempuntoout
2010-04-13 18:38:14
Another advantage of the abbreviation: You never spell it erroneous with a nazi. :)
toscho
2010-04-13 19:27:01
You mean "erroneously"! Hah, grammar nazi rules!
Tim Pietzcker
2010-04-13 19:34:58
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A:
Because they didn't feel like writing the whole word.
i18n
it's "i" followed by 18 characters ( of nternationalizatio , count them ) and a "n" that's it.
OscarRyz
2010-04-13 18:38:21
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A:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization
18 stands for the number of letters between the first i and last n in internationalization, a usage coined at DEC in the 1970s or 80s
Derick Bailey
2010-04-13 18:38:21
Is "i18n" internationally used, or it abbreviated differently in languages where the cognate has a different number of letters?
dan04
2010-07-22 01:47:28
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A:
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1 1 1
1---5----0----5--8
i|nternationalizatio|n == i18n
1
1---5----0
l|ocalizatio|n == l10n
See also http://www.w3.org/2001/12/Glossary#I18N.
KennyTM
2010-04-13 18:40:50