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<p>An <b>input method</b> (or <b>input method editor</b>, commonly abbreviated <b>IME</b>) is an <a href="Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating system</a> component or program that enables users to generate characters not natively available on their <a href="Input_device" title="Input device">input devices</a> by using sequences of characters (or mouse operations) that are available to them. Using an input method is usually necessary for languages that have more <a href="Grapheme" title="Grapheme">graphemes</a> than there are keys on the keyboard.

</p><p>For instance, on the computer, this allows the user of <a href="Latin_alphabet" title="Latin alphabet">Latin</a> <a href="Keyboard_layout" title="Keyboard layout">keyboards</a> to input <a href="Chinese_characters" title="Chinese characters">Chinese</a>, <a href="Japanese_writing_system" title="Japanese writing system">Japanese</a>, <a href="Hangul" title="Hangul">Korean</a> and <a href="Indic_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Indic script">Indic</a> characters. On hand-held devices, it enables the user to type on the <a href="Telephone_keypad" title="Telephone keypad">numeric keypad</a> to enter <a href="Latin_alphabet" title="Latin alphabet">Latin alphabet characters</a> (or any other alphabet characters) or touch a screen display to input text. On some operating systems, an input method is also used to define the behavior of the <a href="Dead_key" title="Dead key">dead keys</a>.

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<p>Although originally coined for <a href="CJK" class="mw-redirect" title="CJK">CJK</a> (Chinese, Japanese and Korean) computing, the term is now sometimes used generically to refer to a program to support the input of any language. To illustrate, in the <a href="X_Window_System" title="X Window System">X Window System</a>, the facility to allow the input of <a href="Latin_character" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin character">Latin characters</a> with <a href="Diacritic" title="Diacritic">diacritics</a> is also called an input method.

</p><p>On <a href="Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a> or later <a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>, Input method, or IME, are also called <i>Text Input Processor</i>, which are implemented by the <a href="Text_Services_Framework" title="Text Services Framework">Text Services Framework</a> <a href="API" title="API">API</a>.

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<p>While the term <i>input method editor</i> was originally used for <a href="Microsoft_Windows#Multilingual_support" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, its use has now gained acceptance in other operating systems, especially when it is important to distinguish between the <a href="Interface_(computer_science)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interface (computer science)">computer interface</a> and implementation of input methods, or among the input methods themselves, the editing functionality of the program or operating system component providing the input method, and the general support of input methods in an operating system. This term has, for example, gained general acceptance on the Linux operating system and <a href="Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it is also used on <a href="MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<ul><li>The term <i>input method</i> generally refers to a particular way to use the keyboard to input a particular language, for example the <a href="Cangjie_method" class="mw-redirect" title="Cangjie method">Cangjie method</a>, the <a href="Pinyin_method" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinyin method">pinyin method</a>, or the use of <a href="Dead_key" title="Dead key">dead keys</a>.</li>

<li>On the other hand, the term <i>input method editor</i> on Microsoft products refers to the program that allows an input method to be used (for example MS New Pinyin), or the <i>editing area</i> that allows the user to do the input. It can also refer to a character palette, which allows any Unicode character to be input individually. One might also interpret IME to refer to the editor used for creating or modifying the data files upon which an input method relies.</li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="CJK_characters" title="CJK characters">CJK characters</a> – Logographs in shared East Asian written tradition</li>

<li><a href="Internationalization_and_localization" title="Internationalization and localization">Internationalization and localization</a> – Process of making software accessible worldwide</li>

<li><a href="Unicode_input#Techniques" title="Unicode input">Unicode input#Techniques</a> – Input characters using their Unicode code points</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Related_techniques">Related techniques</h3></div>

<ul><li><a href="Alt_codes" class="mw-redirect" title="Alt codes">Alt codes</a> – Input method<span style="display:none" class="category-annotation-with-redirected-description">Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets</span></li>

<li><a href="Handwriting_recognition" title="Handwriting recognition">Handwriting recognition</a> – Ability of a computer to receive and interpret intelligible handwritten input</li>

<li><a href="Keyboard_layout" title="Keyboard layout">Keyboard layout</a> – Arrangement of keys on a typographic keyboard, in particular <i><a href="Dead_keys" class="mw-redirect" title="Dead keys">dead keys</a></i></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Input_methods_versus_language">Input methods versus language</h3></div>

<ul><li><a href="Chinese_input_method" title="Chinese input method">Chinese input method</a></li>

<li><a href="Japanese_language_and_computers" title="Japanese language and computers">Japanese language and computers</a>

<ul><li><a href="Japanese_input_method" title="Japanese input method">Japanese input method</a> – Methods used to input Japanese characters on a computer</li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Korean_language_and_computers" title="Korean language and computers">Korean language and computers</a></li>

<li><a href="Vietnamese_language_and_computers" title="Vietnamese language and computers">Vietnamese language and computers</a></li>

<li>Indic scripts input methods in Wikipedia for languages used in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and parts of Central Asia and East Asia.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Specific_input_methods">Specific input methods</h3></div>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_input_methods_for_Unix_platforms" title="List of input methods for Unix platforms">List of input methods for Unix platforms</a></li>

<li><a href="ATOK" title="ATOK">ATOK</a> – Proprietary Japanese input method editor</li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Windows#Multilingual_support" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows#Multilingual support</a> – Computer operating systems MS IME for Windows</li>

<li><a href="Tise" title="Tise">Tise</a> – Tibetan input method editor for Windows</li>

<li><a href="Wnn" title="Wnn">Wnn</a> – Japanese text input system</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Input_methods_for_handheld_devices">Input methods for handheld devices</h3></div>

<ul><li><a href="Multi-tap" title="Multi-tap">Multi-tap</a> – Text entry system for mobile phones —Used on many mobile telephones—hit the (combined alphanumeric) key for the letter you want until it comes up, then wait or proceed with a different key.</li>

<li><a href="T9_(predictive_text)" title="T9 (predictive text)">T9</a> – Mobile phone technology/<a href="XT9" title="XT9">XT9</a>—Type the key for every letter once, then, if needed, type Next until the right word comes up. May also correct misspellings and regional typos (if an adjacent key is pressed incorrectly).</li>

<li><a href="ITap" title="ITap">iTap</a> – Predictive text system —Similar to first-generation T9, with word <a href="Autocomplete" title="Autocomplete">autocomplete</a>.</li>

<li><a href="LetterWise" title="LetterWise">LetterWise</a> – Patented predictive text entry systems—Hit the key with the letter you want, if it doesn't come up, hit Next until it does.</li>

<li><a href="FITALY" title="FITALY">FITALY</a> – Keyboard layout for stylus or touch input (An array, almost square, which minimizes distance travelled from one letter to another.)</li>

<li><a href="MessagEase" title="MessagEase">MessagEase</a>, an input method optimized for the most common letters, that can enter hundreds of characters with single hand motions</li>

<li>8pen, an input method using circular swipes in an attempt to mimic hand movements</li>

<li><a href="Graffiti_(Palm_OS)" title="Graffiti (Palm OS)">Graffiti</a>, the Palm OS input method, entered using a stylus</li>

<li>Pouces, an input method using touches and swipes</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Virtual_keyboards">Virtual keyboards</h3></div>

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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Virtual_keyboard" title="Virtual keyboard">Virtual keyboard</a></div>

<ul><li><a href="Fleksy" title="Fleksy">Fleksy</a>—Eyes-free touch typing for touchscreen devices, also used by blind / visually impaired people.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="SwiftKey" class="mw-redirect" title="SwiftKey">SwiftKey</a>—context-sensitive word-prediction<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="Swype" title="Swype">Swype</a> – Virtual keyboard application, an input method that uses swiping gestures instead of tapping to quickly enter text</li>

<li><a href="Gboard" title="Gboard">Gboard</a> – Virtual keyboard app for Android and iOS, the keyboard that comes bundled with the Android operating system</li></ul>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=30390">Microsoft Input Method Editors (IMEs) for Chinese, Japanese and Korean</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bhashaindia.com/">BhashaIndia</a>, the Microsoft portal for Indic languages, which has Indic IME for download.</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.google.com/ime/transliteration">Google Transliteration IMEs</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li>Input Method Manager (IMM32)</li>

<li><a href="Text_Services_Framework" title="Text Services Framework">Text Services Framework (TSF)</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>-like</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Fcitx" title="Fcitx">Fcitx</a></li>

<li><a href="Intelligent_Input_Bus" title="Intelligent Input Bus">Intelligent Input Bus (IBus)</a></li>

<li><a href="Internet/Intranet_Input_Method_Framework" title="Internet/Intranet Input Method Framework">Internet/Intranet Input Method Framework (IIIMF)</a></li>

<li><a href="Maliit" title="Maliit">Maliit</a></li>

<li><a href="Smart_Common_Input_Method" title="Smart Common Input Method">Smart Common Input Method (SCIM)</a></li>

<li><a href="X_Input_Method" title="X Input Method">X Input Method (XIM)</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Google_Input_Tools" title="Google Input Tools">Google Input Tools</a></li>

<li><a href="OpenVanilla" title="OpenVanilla">OpenVanilla</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Conversion</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist c" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Japanese</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Anthy" title="Anthy">Anthy</a></li>

<li><a href="Google_Japanese_Input" title="Google Japanese Input">Google Japanese Input</a></li>

<li><a href="Kotoeri" title="Kotoeri">Kotoeri</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="Chinese_input_method" title="Chinese input method">Chinese</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>Array</li>

<li><a href="Biaoxingma_method" title="Biaoxingma method">Biaoxingma</a></li>

<li>Boshiamy</li>

<li><a href="Cangjie_input_method" title="Cangjie input method">Cangjie</a> (<a href="Simplified_Cangjie" title="Simplified Cangjie">Simplified / Express</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Pinyin_method" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinyin method">Pinyin</a>

<ul><li><a href="Google_Pinyin" title="Google Pinyin">Google</a></li>

<li>Microsoft</li>

<li><a href="Sogou_Pinyin" title="Sogou Pinyin">Sogou</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Stroke_count_method" title="Stroke count method">Stroke count</a></li>

<li><a href="Zhengma_method" title="Zhengma method">ZhengMa</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Korean</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>Google Korean Input</li>

<li><a href="List_of_input_methods_for_Unix_platforms" title="List of input methods for Unix platforms">imhangul</a></li>

<li>Microsoft Korean IME</li>

<li>Nalgaeset</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Vietnamese</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="VPSKeys" title="VPSKeys">VPSKeys</a></li>

<li>WinVNKey</li>

<li><a href="UniKey_(software)" title="UniKey (software)">UniKey</a></li>

<li>Vietkey</li></ul>

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<ul><li>Bobble</li>

<li><a href="Meitei_input_methods" title="Meitei input methods">Meitei input methods</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Desktop_Window_Manager" title="Desktop Window Manager">Desktop Window Manager</a></li>

<li><a href="Direct2D" title="Direct2D">Direct2D</a></li>

<li><a href="Direct3D" title="Direct3D">Direct3D</a></li>

<li><a href="D3DX" title="D3DX">D3D (extensions)</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Silverlight" title="Microsoft Silverlight">Silverlight</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_UI_Library" title="Windows UI Library">WinUI</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Color_System" title="Windows Color System">Windows Color System</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Image_Acquisition" title="Windows Image Acquisition">Windows Image Acquisition</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Imaging_Component" title="Windows Imaging Component">Windows Imaging Component</a></li>

<li><a href="DirectX_Graphics_Infrastructure" title="DirectX Graphics Infrastructure">DirectX Graphics Infrastructure (DXGI)</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Advanced_Rasterization_Platform" title="Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform">Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="DirectMusic" title="DirectMusic">DirectMusic</a></li>

<li><a href="DirectSound" title="DirectSound">DirectSound</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Speech_API" title="Microsoft Speech API">Speech API</a></li>

<li><a href="XAudio2" title="XAudio2">XAudio2</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="DirectX" title="DirectX">DirectX</a>

<ul><li><a href="DirectX_Media_Objects" class="mw-redirect" title="DirectX Media Objects">Media Objects</a></li>

<li><a href="DirectX_Video_Acceleration" title="DirectX Video Acceleration">Video Acceleration</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Xinput" class="mw-redirect" title="Xinput">Xinput</a></li>

<li><a href="DirectInput" title="DirectInput">DirectInput</a></li>

<li><a href="DirectShow" title="DirectShow">DirectShow</a></li>

<li><a href="Managed_DirectX" title="Managed DirectX">Managed DirectX</a></li>

<li><a href="Media_Foundation" title="Media Foundation">Media Foundation</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Media" title="Windows Media">Windows Media</a></li>

<li><a href="Video_for_Windows" title="Video for Windows">Video for Windows</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Trident_(software)" title="Trident (software)">MSHTML</a></li>

<li><a href="JScript" title="JScript">JScript</a></li>

<li><a href="VBScript" title="VBScript">VBScript</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Gadgets" title="Microsoft Gadgets">SideBar Gadgets</a></li>

<li><a href="TypeScript" title="TypeScript">TypeScript</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Microsoft_Data_Access_Components" title="Microsoft Data Access Components">Data Access Components (MDAC)</a>

<li><a href="Extensible_Storage_Engine" title="Extensible Storage Engine">Extensible Storage Engine</a></li>

<li><a href="Entity_Framework" title="Entity Framework">Entity Framework</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Sync_Framework" title="Microsoft Sync Framework">Sync Framework</a></li>

<li><a href="Access_Database_Engine" title="Access Database Engine">Access Database Engine</a></li>

<li><a href="MSXML" title="MSXML">MSXML</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="Winsock" title="Winsock">Winsock</a>

<li><a href="Windows_Vista_networking_technologies#Winsock_Kernel" title="Windows Vista networking technologies">Winsock Kernel</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Filtering_Platform" title="Windows Filtering Platform">Filtering Platform</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Rally" title="Windows Rally">Windows Rally</a></li>

<li><a href="DirectPlay" title="DirectPlay">DirectPlay</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.2em">Communication</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="MAPI" title="MAPI">Messaging API</a></li>

<li><a href="Telephony_Application_Programming_Interface" title="Telephony Application Programming Interface">Telephony API</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="Win32_console" class="mw-redirect" title="Win32 console">Win32 console</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Script_Host" title="Windows Script Host">Windows Script Host</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Management_Instrumentation" title="Windows Management Instrumentation">WMI (extensions)</a></li>

<li><a href="PowerShell" title="PowerShell">PowerShell</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Task_Scheduler" title="Windows Task Scheduler">Task Scheduler</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Vista_I/O_technologies#Offline_Files" title="Windows Vista I/O technologies">Offline Files</a></li>

<li><a href="Shadow_Copy" title="Shadow Copy">Shadow Copy</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Installer" title="Windows Installer">Windows Installer</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Error_Reporting" title="Windows Error Reporting">Error Reporting</a></li>

<li><a href="Event_Viewer#Windows_Event_Log" title="Event Viewer">Event Log</a></li>

<li><a href="Common_Log_File_System" title="Common Log File System">Common Log File System</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.2em"><a href="Component-based_software_engineering" title="Component-based software engineering">Component model</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="ActiveX" title="ActiveX">ActiveX</a></li>

<li><a href="Distributed_Component_Object_Model" title="Distributed Component Object Model">Distributed Component Object Model</a></li>

<li><a href=".NET_Framework" title=".NET Framework">.NET Framework</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.2em"><a href="Library_(computing)" title="Library (computing)">Libraries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Framework_Class_Library" title="Framework Class Library">Framework Class Library</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Foundation_Class_Library" title="Microsoft Foundation Class Library">Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC)</a></li>

<li><a href="Active_Template_Library" title="Active Template Library">Active Template Library (ATL)</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Template_Library" title="Windows Template Library">Windows Template Library (WTL)</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.2em"><a href="Device_driver" title="Device driver">Device drivers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.2em">Security</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Microsoft_CryptoAPI" title="Microsoft CryptoAPI">Crypto API</a>

<ul><li><a href="CAPICOM" title="CAPICOM">CAPICOM</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Windows_CardSpace" title="Windows CardSpace">Windows CardSpace</a></li>

<li><a href="Data_Protection_API" title="Data Protection API">Data Protection API</a></li>

<li><a href="Security_Support_Provider_Interface" title="Security Support Provider Interface">Security Support Provider Interface (SSPI)</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.2em"><a href=".NET_Framework" title=".NET Framework">.NET</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href=".NET_Remoting" title=".NET Remoting">Remoting</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Silverlight" title="Microsoft Silverlight">Silverlight</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.2em"><a href="Software_Factory_(Microsoft_.NET)" class="mw-redirect" title="Software Factory (Microsoft .NET)">Software factories</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Microsoft_Enterprise_Library" title="Microsoft Enterprise Library">Enterprise Library</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.2em"><a href="Inter-process_communication" title="Inter-process communication">IPC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Microsoft_RPC" title="Microsoft RPC">MSRPC</a></li>

<li><a href="Dynamic_Data_Exchange" title="Dynamic Data Exchange">Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)</a></li>

<li><a href=".NET_Remoting" title=".NET Remoting">Remoting</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.2em">Accessibility</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Microsoft_Active_Accessibility" title="Microsoft Active Accessibility">Active Accessibility</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_UI_Automation" title="Microsoft UI Automation">UI Automation</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.2em">Text and multilingual<br>support</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="DirectWrite" title="DirectWrite">DirectWrite</a></li>

<li><a href="Text_Services_Framework" title="Text Services Framework">Text Services Framework</a></li>

<li><a href="Text_Object_Model" title="Text Object Model">Text Object Model</a></li>

<li><a href="Language_Interface_Pack" title="Language Interface Pack">Language Interface Pack</a></li>

<li><a href="Multilingual_User_Interface" title="Multilingual User Interface">Multilingual User Interface</a></li>

<li><a href="Uniscribe" title="Uniscribe">Uniscribe</a></li></ul>

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