format — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. The layout of a publication or document.

   Beispiele

   The older manuscripts had been written in a much larger format than that found convenient for university work.

2. The form of presentation of something.

   Gebrauch

   • broadly

3. The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc.

   Beispiele

   The radio station changed the format of its evening program.

4. A file type.

Verb

1. To create or edit the layout of a document.

2. Change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page.

3. To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.

   Beispiele

   I lost weeks of work when I inadvertently formatted my hard drive.

Substantiv

1. the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)

   Synonyme

   formattingdata formatdata formatting

   Oberbegriffe

   informationinfo

2. the general appearance of a publication

   Oberbegriffe

   appearancevisual aspect

Verb

1. set (printed matter) into a specific format

   Synonyme

   arrange

   Oberbegriffe

   change

   Beispiele

   Format this letter so it can be printed out

2. determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)

   Oberbegriffe

   determineset

3. divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data

   Synonyme

   initializeinitialise

   Oberbegriffe

   dividesplitsplit upseparatedissevercarve up

   Beispiele

   Please format this disk before entering data!