Dictionary Definition
format
Noun
1 the organization of information according to
preset specifications (usually for computer processing) [syn:
formatting, data format,
data
formatting]
2 the general appearance of a publication
Verb
1 set (printed matter) into a specific format;
"Format this letter so it can be printed out" [syn: arrange]
2 determine the arrangement of (data) for storage
and display (in computer science)
3 divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it
may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"
[syn: initialize,
initialise] [also:
formatting, formatted]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Via and , from liber formatus < formo.French
Etymology
Noun
format- [[format#English
Etymology 1
From format.Noun
Declension
Etymology 2
Form of the verb forma.Participle
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The article title Format could
be linked to any of the following articles:
- Film format,
the size of image captured on sheet- or roll-film.
- Medium format (film), medium-sized film format.
- Recording format, for statically holding data on a data storage device.
- Paper format or paper size, the size and shape of paper.
- Bibliographic format
- Content format, for converting data to information.
- Audio format, a medium for storing audio and music.
- Video format or video system, a video encoding and broadcasting system.
- Radio format, musical style and programming philosophy of a radio station.
- TV program format, license to produce and to broadcast a national version of a copyrighted TV program and to use its original title.
- Format art, sub genre of conceptual art inspired på TV program formats
- Conversation format, for communicating information using language.
- Encryption format or scrambling format, for obscuring information using encryption and/or a scrambler.
- File format, way to encode information for storage in a computer file.
- Format (command), command used to format hard disk and manage disks partitions on most operating systems.
- Disk formatting, the layout of data stored in a computer disk.
- Audio file format, a container format for storing audio data on a computer system.
- Container format (digital), for holding digitally encoded data in the form of a software data file.
- Formatted text, opposite of plain text.
- Format (Common Lisp), a command in the Common Lisp programming language.
- Text formatting or typesetting, creating the typeset appearance of a document, including text justification.
- Page formatting or page layout, arrangement and style treatment of elements (content) on a page.
- Carrier signal format, in modulation, for holding data during active wireless transmission.
- Multiplexing format, in multiplexing, for dividing data for active transmission.
- The Format, an independent rock band from Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
- DJ Format, UK hip-hop artist
- The Format (album), by hip-hop artist AZ
- Format Magazine Bi-weekly magazine on the urban aesthetic
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format in Korean:
포맷
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format in Japanese:
フォーマット
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format in Russian:
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format in Finnish:
Formaatti
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Platonic form, Platonic idea,
aesthetic form, anatomy,
appearance, archetype, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, art form,
aspect, build, building, cast, composition, configuration, conformation, constitution, construction, contents, creation, cut, design, dimensions, fabric, fabrication, fashion, fashioning, figuration, figure, forging, form, formation, frame, genre, getup, impression, inner form,
layout, looks, make, makeup, making, manufacture, matrix, modality, mode, model, mold, molding, order, organic structure, organism, organization, pattern, patterning, physique, plan, production, prototype, set, set-up, setup, shape, shaping, significant form,
size, stamp, structure, structuring, style, tectonics, texture, tissue, turn, type, warp and woof, weave, web