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Computer Russification
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Computing/Kghtm9fX">computing</a>, Russification involves the <a href="/facts/Internationalization_and_localization/IGkl9VBM">localization</a> of <a href="/facts/Computers/SQe1aK05">computers</a> and <a href="/facts/Software_localization/IGkl9VBM">software</a>, allowing the <a href="/facts/User_interface/e9sPEWVD">user interface</a> of a computer and its software to communicate in the <a href="/facts/Russian_language/ETXrTgHV">Russian language</a> using <a href="/facts/Cyrillic_script/0btN3oWC">Cyrillic script</a>. </p><p>Problems associated with Russification before the advent of <a href="/facts/Unicode/DDu3MfPV">Unicode</a> included the absence of a single <a href="/facts/Character_encoding/ShJHIMoA">character-encoding</a> standard for <a href="/facts/Cyrillic_script/0btN3oWC">Cyrillic</a> (see <a href="/facts/Cyrillic_script/0btN3oWC">Cyrillic script#Computer encoding</a>). </p>