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单词 format
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format
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In saving a new electronic document, you must choose a format, for instance PDF, Word doc, or XML, which dictates how the information is to be organized, displayed, and manipulated.
To format information is to arrange it according to preexisting parameters. Electronic files require a format or, more commonly, a "file type," so computers will know how to open, read, and change them. Entertainment media are delivered in such varied formats as VHS, CD, DVD, MP3, and MOV. In the world of AM/FM radio, format is the type of music a station plays, such as top-40, urban, dance, or country.
WORD FAMILY
format: formats, formatted, formatting
USAGE EXAMPLES
Basketball coaches are still bristling about the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association’s new state tournament format.
Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017)
The format is similar to one used in Colorado.
Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017)
As always, the format is a multiple-choice questionnaire.
Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016)
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1n the general appearance of a publication
Hyper
appearance, visual aspect
outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
2v set (printed matter) into a specific format
Format this letter so it can be printed out
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
arrange
indent
set in from the margin
rubricate
furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics
change
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
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1n the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
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data format, data formatting, formatting
high-level formatting
(computer science) the format for the root directory and the file allocation tables and other basic configurations
initialisation, 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
info, information
a message received and understood
2v determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)
Hyper
determine, set
fix conclusively or authoritatively
3v divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data
Please format this disk before entering data!
Syn|Hyper
initialise, initialize
carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up
separate into parts or portions
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