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For instance, on the computer, this allows the user of to input , , and characters. On hand-held devices, it enables the user to type on the to enter Latin alphabet characters (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 behaviour of the .

==ImplementationsImplementation==

Although originally coined for [[CJK]] (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 [[X Window System]], the facility to allow the input of [[Latin character]]s with [[diacritic]]s is also called an input method.

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Although originally coined for [[CJK]] (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 [[X Window System]], the facility to allow the input of [[Latin character]]s with [[diacritic]]s is also called an input method.

On [[Windows XP]] or later [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], Input method, or IME, are also called ''Text Input Processor'', which are implemented by the [[Text Services Framework]] [[API]].

==Relationship between the methodology and implementation==