format

A format is an arrangement or plan for something written, printed or recorded. (noun)

An example of format is how text and images are arranged on a website.

See format in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the shape, size, binding, typeface, paper, and general makeup or arrangement of a book, magazine, etc.
general arrangement or plan, as of a television program
a specific arrangement in accordance with which computer data is processed, stored, printed, etc.
a particular audio or video recording and playback system, as VHS

to arrange according to a format

See format in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(fôrˈmătˌ)

noun

A plan for the organization and arrangement of a specified production.
The material form or layout of a publication.
Computer Science
a. The arrangement of data for storage or display.
b. A method for achieving such an arrangement.

transitive verb for·mat·ted, for·mat·ting, for·mats

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.
Computer Science
a. To divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data.
b. To determine the arrangement of (data) for storage or display.

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