Character Sets »

$CharacterEncoding — resettable default character encoding

$SystemCharacterEncoding — operating system character encoding

CharacterRange   ▪ ToCharacterCode   ▪ FromCharacterCode

Language

$Language — resettable default list of languages for information, messages, spelling, etc.

Language — option specifying language in which notebook interface elements are displayed

TranslationOptions — front end option that controls the display of code translations

SpellingOptions — front end option that controls spellchecking behavior

ShowAutoSpellCheck — whether to highlight spelling errors

LanguageCategory   ▪ DefaultNaturalLanguage

Programmatic Language Handling »

LanguageIdentify — automatically identify what language text is in

Transliterate   ▪ TextTranslation   ▪ WordTranslation   ▪ IntegerName   ▪ ...

Date & Time »

$TimeZone — resettable default time zone

DateString — dates and times with specified formats, in any time zone

$DateStringFormat — resettable default date and time format

AbsoluteTime   ▪ DateList   ▪ ...

Geodetic Location »

$GeoLocation — settable current geodetic location

FindGeoLocation — try to find the current location using GPS, geoIP, etc.

Number Formatting »

NumberForm — output with specified number formatting

NumberPoint   ▪ NumberSeparator   ▪ ...

Related Tech Notes

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• Character Codes

Related Guides

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• International Character Sets
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• Notebook & Interface Customization
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• Cloud Execution Metadata
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• Linguistic Data