Internationalization/locale

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Definition (from wikipedia)

In computing, locale is a set of parameters that defines the user's language, country and any special variant preferences that the user wants to see in their user interface.

Format of locale on OS's

  • windows (for unmanaged code): hexadecimal code consisting of a language code (lower 10 bits) and culture code (upper bits), aka Locale Identifier (LCID)
  • linux, unix: defined as [language[_territory][.codeset][@modifier]]

Info

for info about what's contained in a locale (language, time format,...): http://www-950.ibm.com/software/globalization/icu/demo/locales

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