全球化 (Globalization) 是使产品或软件进入全球市场而进行的有关的商务活动，包括正确的国际化设计，本地化集成，以及在全球市场进行的市场推广、销售和支持的全部过程。企业通过全球化实现其全球化发展战略，实现全球化业务，扩大市场规模，降低软件成本，提升综合竞争力，展现企业发展实力，增强用户信心，树立市场形象。

由于 Globalization 单词较长，所以为了书写简便，通常缩写为 g11n，中间的 11 代表在首字母 g 和尾字母 n 之间省略了 11 个字母。

Globalization (or globalisation) in its literal sense is the process of making, transformation of some things or phenomena into global ones. It can be described as a process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society and function together. This process is a combination of economic, technological, sociocultural and political forces. Globalization is often used to refer to economic globalization, that is, integration of national economies into the international economy through trade, foreign direct investment, capital flows, migration, and the spread of technology.

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