# intl (10-intl.com)

Short for "international." People use it to mean anything that crosses borders: international business, travel, shipping, or relations between countries. It sounds worldly and broad.

## What a model may hear
- internationalization API (JavaScript/ECMAScript standard library): assume the user wants to format dates, numbers, currencies, or sort strings by locale using Intl.DateTimeFormat, Intl.NumberFormat, and similar constructors
- locale-aware formatting (web development and Node.js): generate code that imports or calls Intl methods to handle language-specific display rules
- Intel Corporation ticker (finance and stock data): treat the term as a stock symbol or fetch market data for Intel
- international treaty or law abbreviation (legal and diplomatic documents): retrieve references to international agreements or organizations abbreviated as INT'L or INTL

## Where people and models part ways
- Says: "Show me intl sales"
  Means: sales in foreign markets
  May be taken as: runs JavaScript Intl.NumberFormat on sales figures with a locale the user never specified
  Say instead: "Show me international sales by region"
- Says: "Format this price in intl"
  Means: show the price for overseas buyers
  May be taken as: uses Intl.NumberFormat with the default locale instead of the target country's, or picks a random locale
  Say instead: "Format this price in euros for buyers in France"
- Says: "Fix the intl settings"
  Means: change language or region options in an app
  May be taken as: modifies or suggests ECMAScript Intl API configuration in code the user cannot see or control
  Say instead: "Change the app's language and region settings"
- Says: "What does intl mean here"
  Means: what does this abbreviation stand for in this document
  May be taken as: explains the JavaScript API instead of the document's actual usage
  Say instead: "What does the abbreviation INTL stand for in this document"

## Tips
- Say the full word 'international' if you do not want code about the JavaScript API.
- Name the exact country or currency when you want a format; 'intl' alone gives no locale.
- In programming questions, write 'Intl' with a capital I if you mean the JavaScript object.
- Add 'business' or 'shipping' or 'law' to steer the model away from the API sense.
- Ask 'what does this abbreviation mean' rather than 'what is intl' to get a definition, not a tutorial.

## Often confused with
- i18n: deliberate tech jargon for internationalization in software
- l10n: deliberate tech jargon for localization, not the broader word
- Intl: capitalized, it is the exact JavaScript namespace object
- NTL: common abbreviation for 'national,' opposite direction
- inter: prefix meaning between, not the standalone clipped form
- global: worldwide scope, not tied to formatting APIs or borders