These differences have given way to the necessity of international conversions. International conversions serve as good tools for understanding the language, the standards, the modes, and yes, the money being used by another country. As a matter fact, there are many types of international conversion tools that can be used depending on what is needed.

Currency Converter

Currency converters are perhaps the most widely used converters in the world. As the name itself suggests, a currency converter allows you to convert one currency to another - from US dollars to Japanese yen, from Euros to Sterling Pounds, and so on. Currency converters serve a variety of purposes, and are most useful for international business, travel and overseas transactions.

Clothes Size Conversion

Another widely-used conversion tool is that for clothes size. It is true that US standard clothing size are slightly different from that in Europe and Great Britain, which are all equally significant in the clothing industry. Thus, before getting that size 2 coat, make sure that you make sure that it is not American size 2 or you end up getting a size 1 in British or European clothing size standard.

Shoe Size Conversion

Shoe size standard vary similarly from one country to another, and these are different systems that exists. If you decide to buy any type of foot wear outside your country, make sure you know what kind of shoe size system they use. As soon as you find out, use a show size conversion tool to determine the right shoe size that you need to buy in their system.

Converters for Standard Units of Measurement

There exists what is called as the Standard International metric system used by most countries in the world (kilograms for mass, meters for length, liters for volume, Celsius for temperature, and so on). However, some countries such as Great Britain and their colonies have imposed the so-called Imperial system (commonly known as the foot pound second) for many decades. Though the British have now completed its transition to adopt the SI units, the use of the non-standard units such as pound, mile, and foot is still predominant. Hence, the need for unit conversions. 
There are many kinds of converters and they usually support functions such as: 

• Temperature Conversion. This converts temperature from Celsius to Fahrenheit (and Kelvin for scientific standards) and vice versa.
• Length Conversion. There are many units of length in both SI and non-standard systems. Unit converters are able to convert all the units from one to another (such as inches to centimeters, miles to meters, and so on.) Area Conversion.
• Area conversions have the ability to convert areas from one unit to another, such as square kilometers to hectares, acres to square miles, among others.
• Weight Conversion. If you would like to know how much you weigh in pounds (or ounces) given your kilogram weight, a weight conversion tool will be most helpful.

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