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Glossary I

Ideographic language
A written language in which each character represents an idea, concept or other component of meaning, rather than pronunciation alone. Japanese Kanji, Chinese Hanzi and Korean Hanja are examples of ideographic writing systems.

 

Inconsistency (see consistency error)
Violation of consistency and lack of uniformity in translation style and terminology.
See
Consistency and Consistency Error

 

In-country localization partner
Localization partners located in the country for which software is targeted.

 

In-house localization
Localization projects which take place at the location of the localization service provider

 

I18N
I18N is the common abbreviation for InternationalizatioN. The '18' refers to the eighteen letters between the I and the N.
See
Internationalization.

 

Internationalization
Adaptation of products for potential use of native characters and symbols in the different alphabets and for supporting different locale conventions, such as monetary values or time and date, for countries around the world.

 

Internet
An interconnected system of networks that connects computers around the world via the TCP/IP protocol