Format

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For help on formatting Wikipedia articles, see Help:Editing

Format has several meanings.

In terms of media

• Container format – for holding (containing) data.
  • Carrier signal format – for holding data during active wireless transmission.
  • Multiplexing format – for dividing data for active transmission.
  • Recording format – for statically holding data on a data storage device.
    • Paper format – the size and shape of paper
    • Film format – The size of image capture on sheet- or rollfilm
      • Medium-format – Medium sized film format.
• Content format – for converting data to information.
  • Conversation format – for communicating information such as language or signals.
  • Encryption format – for concealing information.
  • Scrambling format – for scrambling information.

In the field of computing:

• Disk format – the layout of data how to store in area of a disk.
• Data format – various ways information is encoded
  • Audio file format – a medium for storing digital audio sounds and music
  • Container format (digital) – a medium for storing images and digital video or motion graphics
  • Formatted text – word processing meta data
• Format – a command in the Common Lisp programming language

In the fields of graphic design:

• Text formatting – creating the typeset appearance of a document, including text justification.
• Page formatting – creating a template or grid for content on a page, including web pages with multimedia elements.

Other meanings:

• Radio format – the musical style and programming philosophy of a radio station.
• TV Program format – license to produce and to broadcast a national version of a copyrighted foreign TV program and to use its name
• The Format – indie rock duo from Phoenix, AZ