Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See localization, localize.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Chiefly Brit. Same as
localization .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
localization .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body
- noun a determination of the place where something is
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Examples
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World Bank about the universal tendency towards what it defines as localisation, which it says "reflects the growing desire of people for a greater say in their government ..."
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Our approach to the issue of governance must therefore respond to these strictures, bearing in mind also the observations made by the World Bank about the universal tendency towards what it defines as localisation, which it says "reflects the growing desire of people for a greater say in their government ..."
Speech on the Occasion of the Consideration of the Budget Vote of the Presidency 2000
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Whilst the discourse of localisation is needed and quite rightly promoted, there needs to be considerations around the inherent contradictions that all three parties face when using it.
The localised dream, riddled with contradiction… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings… 2009
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Whilst the discourse of localisation is needed and quite rightly promoted, there needs to be considerations around the inherent contradictions that all three parties face when using it.
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This "localisation" - and a hand-in-hand plan to increase margins - is in its early days but the company believes it is bearing fruit.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Labour’s change from wanting less state intervention contradicts with their long-standing strands of centralisation, and so when localisation is carried out it is often tokenism.
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Labour’s change from wanting less state intervention contradicts with their long-standing strands of centralisation, and so when localisation is carried out it is often tokenism.
The localised dream, riddled with contradiction… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings… 2009
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Travian continues its astonishing growth, somthing I’d attribute to its’ built in localisation, definitely an area where European game developers can claim a head-start.
Suttree » Casual Games, Social Software » Casual Games, Social Software and now Real Life 2006
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As an aside, it’s clear to see that localisation is massively important, not just to developers in Europe.
Suttree » Casual Games, Social Software » Mobile Games and Habbo Hotel 2006
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Lots of people within the US dont see the value of localisation, which isnt about creating silos or desert islands of users in different geo-locales.
Web 2.0 Coming to a Maccas Near You Ben Barren 2006
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