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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localization

Localization or localisation may refer to:

Mathematics

• Localization (algebra), a formal way to introduce the "denominators" to given a ring or a module


• Localization of a category, adding to a category inverse morphisms for some collection of morphisms, constraining them to become isomorphisms


• Localization of a module, a construction to introduce denominators in a module M for a ring R


• Localization of a ring, in abstract algebra, a systematic method of adding multiplicative inverses to a ring


• Localization of a topological space, the localization of topological spaces at primes


• Localization theorem, theorem to infer the nullity of a function given only information about its continuity and the value of its integral

Language

• Language localisation, the process of translating a product into different languages or adapting a product for a specific country or region
  
  
  
  • Internationalization and localization, the adaptation of computer software for non-native environments, especially other nations and cultures
    
    
    
    • Game localization, refers to the preparation of video games for other locales
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Dub localization, the adaptation of a movie or television series for another audience
  
  
  
  

Engineering

• GSM localization, a technique for determining the location of a user of a cell phone or wireless transceiver


• Robot localization, figuring out robot's position in an environment


• Sound localization, a listener's ability to identify the location or origin of a detected sound


• Indoor positioning system, a network of devices used to wirelessly locate objects or people inside a building


• Navigation, a technique for determining one's position accurately on the surface of earth


• Radiolocation, process of finding the location of something through the use of radio waves


• Satellite navigation, a positioning and navigation technique aided by satellites

Physics

• Anderson localization, in condensed matter physics, the absence of diffusion of waves in a disordered medium


• Weak localization, a physical effect which occurs in disordered electronic systems at very low temperatures

Biology

• Localization of function, locating psychological functions in the brain or nervous system; see Linguistic intelligence


• Localization of sensation, ability to tell what part of the body is affected by touch or other sensation; see Allochiria


• Nuclear localization signal, an amino acid sequence on the surface of a protein which acts like a 'tag' to localize the protein in the cell


• Subcellular localization, the organization of cellular components into different regions of the cell