1==================== 2Internationalization 3==================== 4 5Internationalization (`"i18n"`) is a domain of computer science focused on making 6software accessible across languages, regions and cultures. 7A combination of those is called a `locale`. 8 9On the most abstract level, Gecko internationalization is a set of algorithms, 10data structures and APIs that aim to enable Gecko to work with all human scripts and 11languages, both as a UI toolkit and as a web engine. 12 13In order to achieve that, i18n has to hook into many components such as layout, gfx, dom, 14widget, build, front-end, JS engine and accessibility. 15It also has to be available across programming languages and frameworks used in the 16platform and front-end. 17 18Below is a list of articles that introduce the concepts necessary to understand and 19use Mozilla's I18n APIs. 20 21.. toctree:: 22 :maxdepth: 1 23 24 locale 25 dataintl 26