Computer Russification
In computing, Russification is the localization of computers and software, i.e., making the user interface of a computer and software to communicate in the Russian language and Cyrillic script.
Among the problems associated with Russification was absence of a single character encoding standard for Cyrillic(see Cyrillic script#Computer encoding), before the advent of Unicode.
History of the MS-DOS russification
The first official Russification of MS-DOS was carried out for MS-DOS 4.01. In Microsoft, the Russification project manager and one of its main developers was Nickolay Lyubovny (Николай Любовный).[1][2]. A Russian version of MS-DOS 5.0 was also developed.[1]
Russification of Microsoft Windows
A comprehensive instruction set for computer Russification is maintained by Paul Gorodyansky. It is mirrored in many places and recommended by the U.S. Library of Congress[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b Yuri Starikov, 15 Years of Russian MS-DOS 4.01 Template:Ru icon
- ^ http://www.developers.org.ua/archives/koldovsky/2007/09/17/yuriy-starikov-interview/ Template:Ru icon
- ^ "Tips on viewing Cyrillic text", U.S. LOC (assessed September 28, 2007)
External links
- Modern Online (Virtual) Keyboard for Russian (not just alphabet order)
- Online Keyboard for Russian
- Virtual Russian Online Keyboard with Spellcheck
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