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format
Found in thesaurus: info, information, visual aspect, appearance, change, determine, set, divide, split up, dissever, split, separate, carve up
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format
n.
structure, pattern, design; organization; pattern of data organization (Computers)
v.
design the appearance of, arrange, place in a certain format; prepare a diskette or hard disk for use (Computers)
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Format
Format (command)
In computing,
format, a command-line utility included in 86-DOS, MS-DOS, IBM PC DOS and OS/2 and Microsoft Windows operating systems, carries out disk formatting. The command is also available in the DEC RT-11 operating system.| See more at Wikipedia.org... |
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format
Noun
1. the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
(synonym) formatting, data format, data formatting
(hypernym) information, info
(hyponym) high-level formatting
(derivation) initialize, initialise
(classification) computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
2. the general appearance of a publication
(hypernym) appearance, visual aspect
(part-holonym) publication
(derivation) arrange
Verb
1. set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out"
(synonym) arrange
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) indent
2. determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)
(hypernym) determine, set
(derivation) formatting, data format, data formatting
3. divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"
(synonym) initialize, initialise
(hypernym) divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
(derivation) formatting, data format, data formatting
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Format (das)
n.
format, standard, norm, structure, pattern, design, organization; (Computers) pattern of data organization
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format
nm.
format, structure, size
former
v.
shape, form; train, discipline, fix; groom, develop; mold, make
