to format

Definition of to format in Turkish Turkish dictionary: Biçim
Bu disketi biçimlendirmemelisin. - Bu diskete format atmamalısın.; Film veya fotoğrafta boyutlar

English - English

Definition of to format in English English dictionary: (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 layout of a document; To create or edit the layout of a document; 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 form of presentation of something; The shape and size of a book; hence, its external form; 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 Ã«initialisingÃ 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 Ã«save as Ã function); A file type; 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; A particular way to store information on a computer You may need special programs to read certain formats, such as Microsoft Reader to read lit files and Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader to read ebx files; Refers specifically to tape sizes and qualities, and generally to classes of video equipment Popular video formats in decreasing order of quality and expense are: Digital Betacam, Betacam SP, Betacam, 3/4"SP, S-VHS, Hi8 and VHS; Two types of formats are available A physical format and a logical format -Physical format: Physical format is to write data defined in ISO in three tracks of each of the inner and outer circuits of the user area set as a Defect Management Area (DMA) DMA contains information on user band setting and the area to which error information is to be written Full compatibility is guaranteed for any disks physically formatted according to the ISO standard regardless of the manufacturer -Logical format: Logical format is to write data on the disk information required (directory information, FAT, etc ) for a system such as a host and OS and software to handle the disk When a system reads this information, the disk is recognized Disks need to be formatted both physically and logically However, in general, each format is manufacturer specific and the compatibility is lower than it could be; REQUIRED FIELD The format in which UCSF holds the material: print, image file, web-based image file (held at a location other than UCSF, i e TDO)[Dublin Core Metadata Mapping: Format]; {i} structure, pattern, design; organization; pattern of data organization (Computers); the general appearance of a publication; To format a piece of computer text or graphics means to arrange the way in which it appears when it is printed or is displayed on a screen. When text is saved from a Web page, it is often very badly formatted with many short lines; the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing); Formatting a disk organizes the magnetic surfaces into tracks and sectors In word processing, format refers to the physical appearance of a document, and includes such items as margins, line spacing, etc In Excel, format refers to how numbers are shown (length, decimal points, etc ); The pattern in which data are systematically arranged for use on a computer 6 A file format is the specific design of how information is organized in the file For example, DLG, DEM, and TIGER are geographic data sets in particular formats that are available for many parts of the United States 6; Low Level Formatting is the process of dividing the tracks on a disk into sectors Each track begins with an index mark, each sector has a sector identification field that is several bytes long, which contains the sector addresses and other overhead data required by the format In addition, between the identification field and data fields of each sector are synchronization bytes, which allow the read/write head to synchronize with the rate of data transfer coming off the track High-Level Formatting distinguishes operating systems (i e , the difference between an IBM drive and an Apple drive); Change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page; the general appearance of a publication the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"; Traditionally, the approximate size and shape of the book as defined by the number of times the printed sheet is folded before binding Since sheet paper size and shape varied, so did the size and shape of the book Despite this, it is standard today for catalogers to use format to describe the size of the book One fold produced a Folio, two folds: Quarto(4to), three folds: octavo(8vo), 4 folds: sextodecimo(16mo) Duodecimo(12mo) is a common format between 8vo and 16mo, but the folding method varies and is too complex to describe here 32mo and 64mo also exist, but these are very small books 8vo (octavo) is what most people think of a "Normal sized" book A folio is a large book, noticably taller than wide A quarto is oversized, usually "squarish" format Specific dimensions are probably more practical, but the book world is not dedicated to practicality 12mo and 16mo are commonly pronounced as the abbreviations read, ie, "twelvemo"; determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science) set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out; To format media is to prepare the media for use with a particular file system When you format media, you overwrite any existing information on the media; the assignment of each of the data elements of a data object to a field or sub-field and to a specific location or address in a given physical medium or in a device [610 0-G-5] [620 0-B-1]; set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out"; (1) The system used for storing a file on disk Different programs use different methods of recording identical information (2) The layout and arrangement of tracks and sectors on a disk (3) Sometimes also applied to the layout or arrangement of graphics and/or text on a page or screen; To format a computer disk means to run a program so that the disk can be written on; A Format, in VoyForums, is a Forum option which chooses how to show the messages in the message index and replies VoyForums provides four different formats: Super-Compact, Compact, Medium, and Verbose Super-Compact displays the Author, Subject, and Date of the very first message in each thread -- a user must click on the message to view the rest of the thread Verbose displays every message with its full information Please select the format names to read about each Format specifically; The size or shape of a negative or print The term usually refers to a particular film size, for example 35mm format, but in its most general sense can mean simply whether a picture is upright (vertical format) or longitudinal (horizontal format) Cameras are usually categorized by the format of the film they use; Columns contain information in one of four types; users can specify how they want a query to format information it retrieves from character, number, date, or long columns For example, they can choose to have information of type date appear as 14/08/90, or Tuesday Fourteenth August 1990, or any other valid date format; The format of a piece of computer software or a musical recording is the type of equipment on which it is designed to be used or played. For example, possible formats for a musical recording are CD and cassette. His latest album is available on all formats; An orderly, structured arrangement of data elements (bits, bytes, and/or fields) that is necessary to produce a larger entity, such as: a list, record, table, file, or dictionary Also, it is the term that describes the preparation of a magnetic disk to allow it to accept digital data; determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science); The organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) [syn: formatting, data format, data formatting] [16]; Format strings are used to control the appearance of output in the printf statement Also, data conversions from numbers to strings are controlled by the format string contained in the built-in variable CONVFMT See section Format-Control Letters

Turkish - English

Definition of to format in Turkish English dictionary: formate; (Sinema) size; format

to format

Hyphenation

to for·mat

Turkish pronunciation

tı fôrmät

Pronunciation

/tə ˈfôrˌmat/ /tə ˈfɔːrˌmæt/

Etymology

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.