| format | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. data format, data formatting, format, formatting | the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing). |
| ~ 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. |
| n. (attribute) | 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. |
| v. (creation) | 3. arrange, format | set (printed matter) into a specific format.; "Format this letter so it can be printed out" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. format | determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science). |
| ~ set, determine | fix conclusively or authoritatively.; "set the rules" |
| v. (change) | 5. format, initialise, initialize | divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data.; "Please format this disk before entering data!" |
| ~ 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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