Localization
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Localization or localisation can mean any of the following:
- Generally, localization is the determination of the locality (position) of an object.
- Often, localization is the adaptation of an object to a locality. An example is in software localization, where the messages that a program presents to a user need to be translated into various languages. Language localization refers to the process of adapting a language for a specific country or region. Main article: Internationalization and localization
- In economics, localization is a way to adapt products for non-native environments.
- In telecommunications, localization is a technique for determining the location of a user of a GSM cell phone.
- In mathematics, localization is a certain technique in abstract algebra; see also localization of a module, localization of a category.
- In acoustics, sound localization describes how our ears find the direction of a sound source.
- In web design and software, localization refers to the adaptation of language, content and design to reflect local cultural sensitivities.
- In condensed matter physics, localization is the spatial confinement of particles in a structure.
- In plasticity mechanics, localization refers to the concentration of strain deformation in the material as thin bands
- In biology, localization of function refers to when different parts of an organ, tissue, cell, or other unit perform different tasks. It most often refers to localization of brain function.
- In robotics, localization refers to the technique through which a robot can determine or update its location through analysis of sensor data. This is often done using sonar or by means of a laser range-finder.
Because in British English this term can also be spelled "localisation", the word is occasionally abbreviated as "l10n" (the number ten between the letters l and n) because there are ten letters between its first and the last letters. This is often done in software engineering to avoid confusion over spelling of the term.
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