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Format   /fˈɔrmˌæt/   Listen
Format

noun
1.
The organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing).  Synonyms: data format, data formatting, formatting.
2.
The general appearance of a publication.



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"Format" Quotes from Famous Books



... lettering used in the old house of Le Clere, he had Baudelaire's works printed in a large format recalling that of ancient missals, on a very light and spongy Japan paper, soft as elder pith and imperceptibly tinted with a light rose hue through its milky white. This edition, limited to one copy, printed with a velvety black Chinese ink, ...
— Against The Grain • Joris-Karl Huysmans
... This book by Collingwood is a good story, but as your reviewer has said elsewhere, told in a rather long-winded manner, and in the notably Kingston style and format that Collingwood often adopts. Why not? Kingston was dead before Collingwood started to write, and the style had been proved to be what young readers ...
— The Congo Rovers - A Story of the Slave Squadron • Harry Collingwood


Words linked to "Format" :   computing device, appearance, rubricate, carve up, info, separate, indent, split, set, initialisation, divide, change, computing machine, dissever, electronic computer, determine, data format, publication, data processor, computer, initialization, split up, visual aspect


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