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[-] lime@feddit.nu 12 points 6 months ago

it's developer-speak for "internationalization". i didn't want to type it all out on my phone. it's a very stupid abbreviation because it conveys no information.

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

To expand on this: It's common practice in IT/dev/devops to shorten things by first letter - number of letters in between - last letter

So you get things like i18n - internationalization, l10n - localization and k8s - kubernetes. Venture capitalists Andreessen and Horowitz also seem to think they're important enough that people should call them a16z. Which apparently some people do.

[-] donuts@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

I think the best one is a11y (accessibility) because it looks like ally so it's easier to remember

[-] Alxe@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Adding some context: it's because there are 18 abbreviated letters, hence i18n.

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