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formatting
for·mat F0264500 (fôr′măt′)n.1. A plan for the organization and arrangement of a specified production.2. The material form or layout of a publication.3. Computers a. The arrangement of data for storage or display.b. A method for achieving such an arrangement.tr.v. for·mat·ted, for·mat·ting, for·mats 1. To plan or arrange in a specified form: They formatted the conference so that each speaker had less than 15 minutes to deliver a paper.2. Computers a. To divide (a disk) into marked sectors to allow for the storage of data.b. To determine the arrangement of (data) for storage or display.
[French, ultimately from Latin fōrmātus, past participle of fōrmāre, to form, from fōrma, form.]formatting (ˈfɔːmætɪŋ) n (Computer Science) the style of the format of a computer documentThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  formatting - the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)data format, data formatting, formatcomputer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automaticallyinfo, information - a message received and understoodhigh-level formatting - (computer science) the format for the root directory and the file allocation tables and other basic configurationsinitialisation, 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 |
TranslationsFormatierungformattazioneformataçãoformatting
formatting[′fȯr‚mad·iŋ] (computer science) The preparation of a magnetic storage device to receive data structures; for example, the recording of track and sector information on a floppy disk. formatting(1) Creating a high-level format on a magnetic disk drive. When a drive is being formatted, a "formatting" message appears to indicate that the operation will continue until completed and cannot be cancelled. See format program.
(2) The process of placing data into a prescribed structure. The term typically refers to an operation that is completed when the entire set of input has been processed. See format, file format and parse.MedicalSeeParseformatting
Related to formatting: Text formattingSynonyms for formattingnoun the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)Synonyms- data format
- data formatting
- format
Related Words- computer
- computing device
- computing machine
- data processor
- electronic computer
- information processing system
- info
- information
- high-level formatting
- initialisation
- initialization
- low-level formatting
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