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Localization or localisation can mean any of the following: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

• 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 performed using sonar for low resolution or by means of a laser range-finder for highest resolution or just with a radio ranging system for moderate requirements.

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. However, linguistically correct may be the term "locating" for the process to determine a certain location or locality in contrary to "localization" as a process to determine a set of attributes that are typical for a certain location or locality. Software localization is a process of translating software user interfaces from one language to another and adapting it to suit a foreign culture. ... Language localisation[1] is the process of translating a product into different languages (see Language translation) or adapting a language for a specific country or region. ... Internationalization and localization[1] are means of adapting products such as publications, hardware or software for non-native environments, especially other nations and cultures. ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... Internationalization and localization[1] are means of adapting products such as publications, hardware or software for non-native environments, especially other nations and cultures. ... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... GSM localization is the use of multilateration to determine the location of GSM mobile phones, usually with the intent to locate the user. ... Motorola T2288 mobile phone A mobile phone is a portable electronic device which behaves as a normal telephone whilst being able to move over a wide area (compare cordless phone which acts as a telephone only within a limited range). ... Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens. ... In abstract algebra, localization is a systematic method of adding multiplicative inverses to a ring. ... Abstract algebra is the field of mathematics that studies algebraic structures, such as groups, rings, fields, modules, vector spaces, and algebras. ... In mathematics, the localization of a module is a construction to introduce denominators in a module M for a ring R. It has become fundamental in particular in algebraic geometry, as the link between modules and sheaf theory. ... In mathematics, localization of a category consists of adding to a category inverse morphisms for some collection of morphisms, constraining them to become isomorphisms. ... Acoustics is a branch of physics and is the study of sound (mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids). ... Sound localization is a listeners ability to identify the location of origin of a detected sound or the methods in acoustical engineering to simulate the placement of an auditory cue in a virtual 3D space (see binaural recording). ... Sound is a disturbance of mechanical energy that propagates through matter as a wave. ... Web design is a process of conceptualization, planning, modeling, and execution of electronic media delivery via Internet in the form of Markup language suitable for interpretation by Web browser and display as Graphical user interface (GUI). ... Software localization is a process of translating software user interfaces from one language to another and adapting it to suit a foreign culture. ... Internationalization and localization are means of adapting products such as publications or software for non-native environments, especially other nations and cultures. ... Condensed matter physics is the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic physical properties of matter. ... Anderson localization is used to refer to the appearance of spatially localized states inside bandgaps upon structural disorders in periodic structures (which permit only energies in bands with gaps). ... For other uses, see Plasticity. ... Mechanics (Greek ) is the branch of physics concerned with the behaviour of physical bodies when subjected to forces or displacements, and the subsequent effect of the bodies on their environment. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... In biology, an organ (Latin: organum, instrument, tool) is a group of tissues that perform a specific function or group of functions. ... Biological tissue is a collection of interconnected cells that perform a similar function within an organism. ... Drawing of the structure of cork as it appeared under the microscope to Robert Hooke from Micrographia which is the origin of the word cell being used to describe the smallest unit of a living organism Cells in culture, stained for keratin (red) and DNA (green) The cell is the... The human brain is separated by a longitudinal fissure, separating the brain into two distinct cerebral hemispheres. ... Robotics is the science and technology of robots, their design, manufacture, and application. ... This article is about underwater sound propagation. ... A laser range-finder is a device which uses a laser beam in order to determine the distance to a reflective object. ... Software engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. ...

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