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<li>Internationalization (i18n): The process of making an app support different languages and regions.
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<li>Localization (l8n): The process of customizing a globalized app for specific languages and regions.
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<li>Culture: A language and, optionally, a region. -&gt; de-CH
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<li>Neutral culture: A culture that has a specified language, but not a region (for example "en", "es").
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<li>Specific culture: A culture that has a specified language and region (for example, "en-US", "en-GB", "es-CL").
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<li>Parent culture: The neutral culture that contains a specific culture (for example, "en" is the parent culture of "en-US" and "en-GB").
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<li>Locale: A locale is the same as a culture.
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* **Internationalization (i18n):** The process of making an app support different languages and regions.
    
* **Localization (l8n):** The process of customizing a globalized app for specific languages and regions.
    
* **Culture**: A language and, optionally, a region. -&gt; de-CH
    
* **Neutral culture:** A culture that has a specified language, but not a region (for example "en", "es").
    
* **Specific culture:** A culture that has a specified language and region (for example, "en-US", "en-GB", "es-CL").
    
* **Parent culture:** The neutral culture that contains a specific culture (for example, "en" is the parent culture of "en-US" and "en-GB").
    
* **Locale:** A locale is the same as a culture.

Terms you have to know when it comes to the internationalization of an application

Terms around Internationalization (i18n)

I created a list to explain the most important terms when it comes to i18n of an application.