Origin Of The Abbreviation I18n For Internationalization

What Is "I18n"? "I18n" is an abbreviation for the word "internationalization". The term "i18n" is derived from its spelling as the letter "i" plus 18 letters plus the letter "n". I+n1t2e3r4n5a6t7i8o9n10a11l12i13z14a15t16i17o18+n Technically, the term is not an acronym, as acronyms represent expressions that are derived from the first letters of words. (For example, "DBCS" is an acronym for "Double

[Nyoho]

i18nの起源が

[pneumaster]

i18n元ネタ/A DEC employee named Jan Scherpenhuizen was given an email account of S12n by a system administrator, since his name was too long to be an account name.

[TAKESAKO]

i18nの起源 S12N(Scherpenhuizen) at DEC #infotalk

[donayama]

InternationalizationをI18nと省略するようになった起源。