(1)Preparing a disk for use by your hardware and operating system Also called Initializing When the computer initializes a disk, it also destroys any information already there (just as recordinging on a cassette tape replaces what was previously there with what you record) (2)Formatting also refers to the way text is set up on a page (underlining, bold, indenting, etc ) (3)The way information is structured in a file, often specific to a particular application
Radio: This is the actual content of the station's broadcast News, Black, Classical, Middle of the Road (MOR), Top 40 Hits, and Country are some of the varied and changeable formats It is the most important factor in determining a station's listenership and the resulting demographic characteristics of the audience
divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"
The format of something is the way or order in which it is arranged and presented. I had met with him to explain the format of the programme and what we had in mind. a large-format book
The manner in which data is stored; its organization For example, VHS, SVHS, and Beta are three different formats of video tape They are not 100% compatible with each other, but information can be transferred from one to the other with the proper equipment (but not always without loss; SVHS contains more information than either of the other two) Computer information can be stored in literally hundreds of different formats, and can represent text, sounds, graphics, animations, etc Computer information can be exchanged via different computer types provided both computers can interpret the format used
{f} design the appearance of, arrange, place in a certain format; prepare a diskette or hard disk for use (Computers)
Documents shall be prepared on A4 (210 x 297 mm) 80 gsm copier paper (hard copy) and/or the form of electronic media specified in the requirements Each page of a document shall be numbered in Arabic numerals consecutively from Section 1 to the appendices Documents may be printed on one or both sides of each page (single sided or double sided) On single sided documents the document control number shall be on the top right hand side For double sided all even pages shall have document control numbers on the top left hand side and on odd pages on the top right hand side Each page prior to Section 1 shall be numbered in lower-case roman numerals
The pattern into which data are systematically arranged for use on a computer A file format is the specific design of how information is organized in the file For example, ArcInfo has specific, proprietary formats used to store coverages DLG, DEM, and TIGER are geographic data sets with different file formats
Verb: To format a floppy disk is to prepare it to receive and store material in the appropriate manner (using the DOS system for example, as opposed to the Mac or vice versa) The Mac calls this ëinitialisingà Disks are usually available pre-formatted Noun: When we speak of the format of a file we are most often talking about what system (PC or Mac?) or what word-processor (Word or Wordperfect?) the document has been produced using Most word-processors provide a facility by which you can make a copy of your document in a different format (try the ësave as à function)
To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process
v t (a format control and format arguments) to perform output as if by format, using the format string and format arguments
The set of unique bit-string patterns of Zeros and Ones corresponding to the set of data characters used in magnetic stripe encoding; many different data formats are used, the best known being the ANSI/ISO BCD and ALPHA formats
i., bilg. biçim, format. f. bilg. biçimlemek, format etmek, formatlamak
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i., bilg·. bi·çim, for·mat. f. bilg·. bi·çim·le·mek, for·mat et·mek, for·mat·la·mak