The ability for a user to communicate with hardware and software products in a language of choice to obtain results that are culturally acceptable. See also multilingual support and national language version (NLV).

The features of a product that accommodate a specific region, its language, script, currency, local conventions, and culture. See internationalization, localization.

Conversion subroutines for languages other than American English that translate between various character sets and date and time string formats. Synonymous with international character support.

See NLS.