Format may refer to:
Printing and visual media
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Text formatting, the typesetting of text elements
* Paper formats, or
paper size standards
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Newspaper format, 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, for storing documents on a storage media, especially for use by computer
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Audio file format, for storing digital audio data on a computer system
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Video file format, for storing digital video data on a computer system
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Content format, encoded format for converting a specific type of data to displayable information
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Disk formatting, 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), a programming function and type for formatting printed output
Arts and entertainment
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Film format, standard characteristics regarding image capture on photographic film
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Format (photographic agency) Format was an agency set up in 1983 to represent women photographers, with the aim of documenting the world from a different perspective. The agency operated for two decades, and its end, in 2003, was marked by an exhibition.[ ...]
, agency set up in 1983 to represent women photographers
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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, the overall content broadcast on a radio station
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TV format, 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, a musical group
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''The Format'' (album), by AZ
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DJ Format, 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 dat ...
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Style (disambiguation)
Style is a manner of doing or presenting things and may refer to:
* Architectural style, the features that make a building or structure historically identifiable
* Design, the process of creating something
* Fashion, a prevailing mode of clothing ...
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