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An '''input method editor (IME)''' is a program or [[operating system]] component that allows computer users to enter complex characters and symbols (such as [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[Tibetan language|Tibetan]] and [[Korean language|Korean]] characters), using a standard Western keyboard. It is also often called '''input method environment'''.

The term IME is generally used in a [[Microsoft Windows]] context. Other operating system may have a different name for same idea: for example, ''Input Method''
*for [[Mac OS]], ''FEP''it foris [[MS-DOS]],called oran ''XIMInput Method'' for [[X Window System]].;

*for [[MS-DOS]], it is called an ''Input Method'' (Chinese) or an ''FEP'' (Japanese);

*for the [[X Window System]], it is generally called an ''Input Method'' (and the specific built-in implementation of an input method in X11 is called ''XIM'', or ''X input method'').

==See also==