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I18N = (Software) Internationalization
[18 characters between ‘I’ and ‘N’]
the process of planning and implementing products and services so that they can easily be adapted to specific local languages and cultures, a process called localization.
localization => L10N
[10 characters between ‘L’ and ‘N’]

 

Software Localization is a process of adapting, translating and customizing the software for specific language. In a layman language it can be said as the process of translating the user interface of the software in a specific language.
Localization of the software is only possible if the software has build with l10n support in it.