- Urdu Informatics
Urdu Informatics (
Urdu : اردو اطلاعیات) relates to the cutting-edge research and efforts in bringing the utilities and usage ofUrdu language to the modern information and communication technologies in education andbusiness es.National Language Authority has been at the forefront in introducing Urdu Informatics as a tool for widerstandardisation of the language. Apart from development ofUrdu keyboard , one of the key steps in this respect has been the establishment of aCentre of Excellence for Urdu Informatics inIslamabad ,Pakistan .Project Director Dr.Attash Durrani coined this term in 1998 to establish this discipline as a branch ofInformatics Works in Urdu Informatics also relate to the use of Urdu for
internet applications, input controls, dynamic association of keyboard buttons to Urdu alphabets and use of proper character coding schemes. [M.Z. Aziz, M.F. Aziz and K. Rashid (2004), "Converting Standard HTML Input Controls to Urdu", Information Technology Journal, 3(1): pp. 69-73. Asian Network for Scientific Information. ISSN 1682-6027]Notes
See also
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Attash Durrani
*Urdu literature
*Urdu keyboard
*Nasta'liq script
*Perso-Arabic script
*Urdu alphabet
*Urdu Wikipedia External links
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* [http://www.nla.gov.pk/projects1_files/slide0001.htm Center of Excellence for Urdu Informatics]
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