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{{Short description|Method for generating non-native characters on devices}}
[[File:Typing 있습니다 in Dubeolsik keyboard layout.gif|thumb|An animation shows how an input method produces [[Korean language and computers|Korean texts]].]]
An '''input method''' (or '''input method editor''', commonly abbreviated '''IME''') is an [[operating system]] component or program that enables users to generate characters not natively available on their [[Input device|input devices]] 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 [[Grapheme|graphemes]] than there are keys on the keyboard.
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==Implementations==
[[File:Swarachakra keyboard.png|thumb|Screenshot of [[Swarachakra]], a input method producing [[Indic scripts]].]]
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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.
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