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locale
definition of the subset of a user’s environment that depends on language and cultural conventions
Note to entry: In computing, a locale is a set of parameters that defines the user’s language, country and any special variant preferences that the user wants to see in their user interface. Usually, a locale identifier consists of at least a language identifier and a region identifier.
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC/IEEE 9945:2009, 3.211, modified — The notes given in for this entry have been omitted. Note 1 to entry has been added.]