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Resource files

A special file type used to store the resources of a software application, which may include dialogs, buttons, text strings, etc.
In Windows, refers to data stored in various routines, such as .exe or .dll files. In .NET, resource files may contain culture-specific data in a single location - separate from the executable code. Using resource files makes localization easier, because you can separate the translatable content from the executable code ahead of time. You can then create localized applications without touching the source code or recompiling the entire application.
 

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RTL, LTR

Direction in which a language is read and written.  In RTL languages, such as Arabic or Hebrew, writing starts at the upper right of a page and continues horizontally to the left side. Numbers are written from left to right, as in LTR languages.

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