Format may refer to:
Printing and visual media
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Text formatting
Typesetting is the composition of text by means of arranging physical ''type'' (or ''sort'') in mechanical systems or ''glyphs
A glyph () is any kind of purposeful mark. In typography, a glyph is "the specific shape, design, or repre ...
, the typesetting of text elements
* Paper formats, or
paper size
Paper size standards govern the size of sheets of paper used as writing paper, stationery, cards, and for some printed documents.
The ISO 216 standard, which includes the commonly used A4 size, is the international standard for paper size. ...
standards
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Newspaper format
Newspaper formats vary substantially, with different formats more common in different countries. The size of a newspaper format refers to the paper size, size of the paper page; the printed area within that can vary substantially depending on t ...
, the size of the paper page
Computing
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File format
A file format is a standard way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file. It specifies how bits are used to encode information in a digital storage medium. File formats may be either proprietary or free.
Some file formats ...
, particular way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file
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Document file format
A document file format is a text or binary file format for storing documents on a storage media, especially for use by computers.
There currently exist a multitude of incompatible document file formats.
Examples of XML-based open standards are D ...
, for storing documents on a storage media, especially for use by computer
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Audio file format
An audio file format is a file format for storing digital audio data on a computer system. The bit layout of the audio data (excluding metadata) is called the audio coding format and can be uncompressed, or compressed to reduce the file size, o ...
, for storing digital audio data on a computer system
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Video file format
A video file format is a type of file format for storing digital video data on a computer system. Video is almost always stored using lossy compression to reduce the file size.
A video file normally consists of a container (e.g. in the Matroska ...
, for storing digital video data on a computer system
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Content format A content format is an encoded format for converting a specific type of data to displayable information. Content formats are used in recording and transmission to prepare data for observation or interpretation. This includes both analog and dig ...
, encoded format for converting a specific type of data to displayable information
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Disk formatting
Disk formatting is the process of preparing a data storage device such as a hard disk drive, solid-state drive, floppy disk, memory card or USB flash drive for initial use. In some cases, the formatting operation may also create one or more new fil ...
, preparing computer hard disks to store data, destroying any existing contents
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FORMAT (command), a command-line utility to format disks in many computer operating systems
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Format (Common Lisp) Format is a function in Common Lisp that can produce formatted text using a format string similar to the printf format string. It provides more functionality than printf, allowing the user to output numbers in English, apply certain format specifier ...
, a programming function for formatting printed output
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Format (Fortran 66), a programming statement for formatting printed output
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Format (Algol68)
ALGOL 68 (short for ''Algorithmic Language 1968'') is an imperative programming language that was conceived as a successor to the ALGOL 60 programming language, designed with the goal of a much wider scope of application and more rigorously d ...
, a programming function and type for formatting printed output
Arts and entertainment
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Film format
A film format is a technical definition of a set of standard characteristics regarding image capture on photographic film for still images or film stock for filmmaking. It can also apply to projected film, either slides or movies. The primary ...
, standard characteristics regarding image capture on photographic film
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Playoff format
There are a number of formats used in various levels of competition in sports and games to determine an overall champion. Some of the most common are the ''single elimination'', the ''best-of-'' series, the ''total points series'' more commonly kn ...
, type of competition in sports and games to determine an overall champion
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Radio format
A radio format or programming format (not to be confused with broadcast programming) describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. The radio format emerged mainly in the United States in the 1950s, at a time when Radio broadcasting, ...
, the overall content broadcast on a radio station
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TV format A TV format is the overall concept and branding of a copyrighted television show. The most common type of formats are those in the television genres of game shows and reality shows, many of which are remade in multiple markets with local contestant ...
, overall concept, premise and branding of a television program
Music
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''Format'' (album), a compilation album of B-sides and bonus tracks released February 2012 by Pet Shop Boys
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The Format
The Format is an American indie rock band formed by Nate Ruess and Sam Means. Their style can be considered a mixture of indie, alternative, punk and folk music, with elements of 1960s and 1970s pop music. Though Means and Ruess are the foremost ...
, a musical group
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''The Format'' (album), by AZ
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DJ Format
Matt Ford, better known as DJ Format (a near-inversion of his birth name), is a hip hop DJ born in Southampton, England who lives in Brighton. He collaborates frequently with Abdominal on the album '' Music For the Mature B-Boy'' and with Abd ...
, a hip-hop artist
See also
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Form (disambiguation)
Form is the shape, visual appearance, or configuration of an object. In a wider sense, the form is the way something happens.
Form also refers to:
*Form (document), a document (printed or electronic) with spaces in which to write or enter data
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Style (disambiguation)
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