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noun
Format  n.  
1.
(Print.) The shape and size of a book or other printed publication; hence, its external form. "The older manuscripts had been written in a much larger format than that found convenient for university work." "One might, indeed, protest that the format is a little too luxurious."
2.
(Print.) The arrangement of the parts of a printed page, such as text and graphics; as, text flowing around an illustration provides a more pleasing format; multiple columns are a more common format for large pages.
3.
(Computers) The pattern of organization of information in an electronic storage medium, such as the number and size of records, or the size, spacing, or separation symbols for fields in a record. A computer file, for example, may be in fixed-length format, in which each field or record occupies the same number of bytes, or in variable-length format, in which the lengths of fields or records varies. The number of formats are unlimited, being specifiable at will by programmers or in some cases by the users of programs.
Synonyms: data format.
4.
Hence, The general organization, form, or plan for anything, such as an organized social, political, or entertainment event.





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"Format" Quotes from Famous Books



... for characters that are not able to be represented in the text format used for this version ...
— Animal Figures in the Maya Codices • Alfred M. Tozzer and Glover M. Allen
... LILRC interlibrary loan forms which we supply, and sent in by mail or by our driver. They may be placed by teletype, using a format based on the LILRC request form. Urgent requests may be placed ...
— The Long Island Library Resources Council (LILRC) Interlibrary Loan Manual: January, 1976 • Anonymous
... have been loved by young readers for several generations are included in the Scribner Illustrated Classics. They are all books of rare beauty and tested literary quality, presented in handsome format and strikingly illustrated in color by such famous artists as N. C. Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish, Jessie Willcox Smith, and others. No other series of books for youthful readers can compare with them; they make gifts of lasting value which will be cherished into adult years. They are to be found ...
— The Children's Bible • Henry A. Sherman
... including his own—and including mine. He refuses manuscripts, though he did accept one of mine. He tells authors what they ought to do and ought not to do. He is marvellously and terribly particular and fussy about the format of the books issued by his firm. Questions as to fonts of type, width of margins, disposition of title-pages, tint and texture of bindings really do interest him. And misprints—especially when he has read the proofs himself—give him neuralgia and even ...
— When Winter Comes to Main Street • Grant Martin Overton


Words linked to "Format" :   information processing system, initialize, split, divide, dissever, visual aspect, data processor, initialisation, determine, formatting, high-level formatting, split up, set, info, low-level formatting, initialise, separate, indent, data formatting, computer, computing machine, data format, arrange, electronic computer


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