From kde-devel  Wed Mar 29 21:43:41 2000
From: Sven Radej <sven () lisa ! exp ! univie ! ac ! at>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 21:43:41 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: Difference between i18n and i10n
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Antonio Larrosa wrote:
>David Faure wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I just wondered why the directories are called i10n in
>> > kdebase, and what the difference to i18n is....
>> 
>> l10n = localization (country-specific settings such as how to represent
>>            numbers, dates, money, ...)
>> i18n = internationalization (translations)
>
>Btw, does anybody knows why are they called with those names ?
>I've been wondering for a long time :-)
Internationalization  = "i",eighteen letters, then "n" :-)
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