a file containing key/value pairs
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a set of key and value pairs, stored as a resource, that is commonly used to allow the localization of an application
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a way of embedding text strings in a language-specific (or more precisely, locale 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A collection of resources associated with a given locale.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            The place where an application stores its locale-specific data (isolated from source code).