noun.
The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, paper format, currency and time formats, character encoding etc.
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noun.
the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
Word Usage
"And of course the term locale has to be thrown in there too -- has any term been overused as much as it, really?"