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Localization The process of altering a program so that it is appropriate for the geographic area in which it is to be used. Localization involves the customization or transla-tion of the separated data and resources required for a spe-cific region or language. For example, the developers of a word processing program must localize the sorting tables in the program for different countries or languages because the correct order of characters in one language might be incorrect in another. In software engineering, the process of adapting an internationalized product for a specific language, script, culture, and coded character set. In localization, semantics are preserved, but syntax may change.
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