format

for·mat  (fôrmt)

n.

1. A plan for the organization and arrangement of a specified production.

2. The material form or layout of a publication.

3. Computer Science

a. The arrangement of data for storage or display.

b. A method for achieving such an arrangement.

tr.v. for·mat·ted, for·mat·ting, for·mats

1. To plan or arrange in a specified form: They formatted the conference so that each speaker had less than 15 minutes to deliver a paper.

2. Computer Science

a. To divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data.

b. To determine the arrangement of (data) for storage or display.

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[French, ultimately from Latin frmtus, past participle of frmre, to form, from frma, form.]

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format

Noun

1. the shape, size, and general appearance of a publication

2. style or arrangement, such as of a television programme: a chat-show format

3. Computers the arrangement of data on disk or magnetic tape to comply with a computer's input device

Verb

[-matting, -matted]

to arrange in a specified format [Latin formatus formed]

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format  (fôrmt)

Noun

The arrangement of data for storage or display.

Verb

1. To divide a disk into marked sectors so that it may store data.

2. To determine the arrangement of data for storage or display.

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1. In photography, the size and/or shape of a negative or of the print therefrom.
2. In cartography, the shape and size of a map or chart.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	format - the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) data format, data formatting, formatting computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically info, information - a message received and understood high-level formatting - (computer science) the format for the root directory and the file allocation tables and other basic configurations initialisation, initialization, low-level formatting - (computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position
	2.	format - the general appearance of a publication appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing publication - a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
Verb	1.	format - set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out" arrange change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" indent - set in from the margin; "Indent the paragraphs of a letter" rubricate - furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics; "the manuscript is not rubricated"
	2.	format - determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science) set, determine - fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules"
	3.	format - divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!" initialise, initialize carve up, dissever, divide, split, split up, separate - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

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format

noun arrangement, form, style, make-up, look, plan, design, type, appearance, construction, presentation, layout

Translations

format [ˈfɔːmæt] n → formato

vt (COMPUT) → formatear

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format [ˈfɔːmæt] n → format m

vt (Comput) → formater

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format [ˈfɔːmæt] n → Format nt;

(form, style) → Aufmachung f

vt (Comput) → formatieren

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format [ˈfɔːmæt] n → formato

vt (COMPUT) → formattare

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format

n format [ˈfoːmӕt]

shape and size, eg that of a book, magazine etc. formaat شَكْل، حَجْم формат formát format das Format σχήμα formato formaat قالب بندی؛ صفحه آرایی formaatti format מַתכּוֹנֶת रूपाकार format, struktura alak, formátum format, ukuran lögun, form; snið formato 判型 책의 판형, 체제 formatas formāts format formaat format format formato format формат formát, úprava, štruktúra format format format รูปแบบ düzen, biçim 版式，開本 формат شکل اور سائز khổ (sách, giấy, bìa...) 版式，开本

v

to prepare a new computer disk for storing information. formateer يُجَهِّز قٌرْص الحاسوب форматирам formátovat formatere fomatieren μορφοποιώ,φορμάρω δισκέτα formatear vormindama فورمت کردن؛ طرح بندی کردن formater לְפַרמֵט फॉरमैट formatirati (disketu) formáz, formattál memformat formattare ハードディスク formuoti formatēt memformat formatteren formatere formatować a aranja; a for­mata форматировать formátovať formatirati formatirati formatera ทำเป็นรูปแบบ düzenlemek （計）格式化 форматувати کسی عمل یا مواد کو قبول کرنے کے لۓ تیار کرنا định dạng （计）格式化