1. World problems
  2. Discrimination against non-western scripts in information systems

Discrimination against non-western scripts in information systems

  • Bias against non-English languages in computer software
  • Active prejudice towards non-latin language sets

Incidence

Word processing software rarely caters for South American, Southern European and other roman language sets as well as it does for English and northern European languages.

Broader

Aggravates

Occidentalism
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Strategy

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #10: Reduced Inequality

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Cybernetics » Systems
  • Fundamental sciences » Mathematics
  • Informatics, classification » Informatics
  • Information » Information
  • Language » English
  • Language » Languages
  • Language » Romance languages » Romance languages
  • Recreation » Writing
  • Societal problems » Imbalances
  • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J5451
    DOCID
    12054510
    D7NID
    158312
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020