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Formatting

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


Format

verb
1.
Set (printed matter) into a specific format.  Synonym: arrange.
2.
Determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science).
3.
Divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data.  Synonyms: initialise, initialize.



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"Formatting" Quotes from Famous Books



... Formatting notes: Footnotes are in [square brackets] and embedded in the e-text at the location of the superscript number in the original text. Words and phrases in italics are surrounded with underlines. Everything that appears in all-caps in ...
— The Egyptian Conception of Immortality • George Andrew Reisner
... from the original text were made while formatting it for an e-text. Italics in the original book were ignored in making this e-text, unless they referred to proper nouns, in which case they are put in quotes in the e-text. Italics are problematic because they are not easily rendered in ...
— Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1 • Francis Hueffer (translator)
... number of the date ranges below, blank spaces represented missing dates. In this etext, to preserve formatting, missing dates are ...
— Chronicles of Strathearn • Various
... 1. Formatting of punctuation has been standardised, including the addition of trailing periods in the text and the index and the addition of commas preceding the page numbers in ...
— Familiar Quotations • John Bartlett


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