language settings

Text display options

Language settings are the configuration options that control how software displays text and handles regional conventions.

These typically include interface language, keyboard layout, date and time formats, number formatting, and spell-check preferences.

Most devices and applications let users adjust language settings to match their location or linguistic needs: I changed my language settings to Spanish to practice reading.

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configuration vs. default state

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Original factory configuration

factory settings

localization vs. content

language settingsbody text

Document's main prose

configuration vs. content

language settingscontent

What something contains

output

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