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Internationalization (i18n). Localization (l10n). Globalization (g11n). Localizability (l12y). Mozilla has a good article explaining the distinction: https://b

Internationalization (i18n). Localization (l10n). Globalization (g11n). Localizability (l12y). Mozilla has a good article explaining the distinction: https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2011/12/14/i18n-vs-l10n-whats-the-diff/ https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2011/12/14/i18n-vs-l10n-whats-...

tobr 4y ago
Aka cute abbreviations that are impossible to remember or understand (c62d).
- yardshop 4y ago
  Like the actual meaning of PCMCIA cards: People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms!
PostOnce 4y ago
Oh god, let's not start a10g words this way. a10g means "abbreviating" by the w1y. I promise it will not burn up too many more calories of soylent to just type it out, nor will it take much longer.
- bondarchuk 4y ago
  What gets me most is whether you have to count all the letters of the word, or just those left out.
  - dstick 4y ago
    J2t t3e l2t o1t It’s infuriatingly annoying ;-)
- b0afc375b5 4y ago
  https://css-tricks.com/the-ironic-inaccessibility-of-a11y/ https://css-tricks.com/the-ironic-inaccessibility-of-a11y/
  - zamadatix 4y ago
    a11y looking like ally makes it the only one I don't roll my eyes at... but that only seems clever/memorable because of all of the preceeding awful uses of that abbreviation form.
- phoe-krk 4y ago
  H0a h0a h0a h0a h0a, I like that.
tempodox 4y ago
Oh, it's supposed to be a lowercase “L”? I thought it was a vertical bar (“pipe”). Pipe ten nanoseconds? I wish HN used a more readable font.
- version_five 4y ago
  Haha yeah I saw this earlier and that's exactly how I read it, I had no idea what it meant and I didn't click. Only now that I'm bored I went back to it- I would never have guessed the actual meaning
silicon2401 4y ago
These abbreviations are among the stupidest trends in tech. We should learn from the Germans and embrace long words
noasaservice 4y ago
f4k this crap. Spell it out.
pclmulqdq 4y ago
The ironic thing about this language is that it is an attempt to be "inclusive" by introducing weird shibboleths that exclude most people. I was once informed by someone at a big tech that the reason for these "x[n]y" codes is because these words can be hard to spell for non-native speakers of English. Also, they added "a11y" (accessibility) to the list. I think the real explanation was that these were introduced because "internationalization" is a long word and file path names used to be limited in the 1980s.

tobr 4y ago

Aka cute abbreviations that are impossible to remember or understand (c62d).

yardshop 4y ago
Like the actual meaning of PCMCIA cards: People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms!

PostOnce 4y ago

Oh god, let's not start a10g words this way. a10g means "abbreviating" by the w1y. I promise it will not burn up too many more calories of soylent to just type it out, nor will it take much longer.

bondarchuk 4y ago
What gets me most is whether you have to count all the letters of the word, or just those left out.
- dstick 4y ago
  J2t t3e l2t o1t It’s infuriatingly annoying ;-)
b0afc375b5 4y ago
https://css-tricks.com/the-ironic-inaccessibility-of-a11y/ https://css-tricks.com/the-ironic-inaccessibility-of-a11y/
- zamadatix 4y ago
  a11y looking like ally makes it the only one I don't roll my eyes at... but that only seems clever/memorable because of all of the preceeding awful uses of that abbreviation form.
phoe-krk 4y ago
H0a h0a h0a h0a h0a, I like that.

tempodox 4y ago

Oh, it's supposed to be a lowercase “L”? I thought it was a vertical bar (“pipe”). Pipe ten nanoseconds? I wish HN used a more readable font.

version_five 4y ago
Haha yeah I saw this earlier and that's exactly how I read it, I had no idea what it meant and I didn't click. Only now that I'm bored I went back to it- I would never have guessed the actual meaning

silicon2401 4y ago

These abbreviations are among the stupidest trends in tech. We should learn from the Germans and embrace long words

noasaservice 4y ago

f4k this crap. Spell it out.

pclmulqdq 4y ago

The ironic thing about this language is that it is an attempt to be "inclusive" by introducing weird shibboleths that exclude most people. I was once informed by someone at a big tech that the reason for these "x[n]y" codes is because these words can be hard to spell for non-native speakers of English. Also, they added "a11y" (accessibility) to the list. I think the real explanation was that these were introduced because "internationalization" is a long word and file path names used to be limited in the 1980s.