Dictionary definition(s) for: format

• n., The structure or layout of an entity.
  [ Computer and Information Sciences - The Computer Glossary: The Complete Illustrated Dictionary ]
  Freedman, Alan. The Computer Glossary: The Complete Illustrated Dictionary. 8th ed. New York: American Management Association, 1998.
  See Also:

  • documentary form
  • form
  • overall presentation
  • file format
  • wrapper format
• n., Any particular physical representation of a document.
  [ Archives - School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) Glossary ]
  School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. "Select List of Archival Terminology." School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. http://www.slais.ubc.ca/RESOURCES/students/Archival_Terminology.pdf.
• n., In automatic data processing, the arrangement of data.
  [ Archives - Dictionary of Archival Terminology ]
  Dictionary of Archival Terminology. 2nd rev. ed. Edited by Peter Walne. New York: K.G. Saur, 1988.
• n., In the context of bibliographic control, the formalised structure in which the specific elements of bibliographic description are accommodated.
  [ Arts - A Guide to Standards, Recommended Practices and Reference Literature Related to the Preservation of Documents of All Kinds - Glossary , Page: 51 ]
  Boston, George, and Milton Keynes, eds. Safeguarding the Documentary Heritage: A Guide to Standards, Recommended Practices and Reference Literature Related to the Preservation of Documents of All Kinds. Paris: UNESCO, 1998. Also available online at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001126/112676eo.pdf.
• n., The layout or presentation of items in a machine-readable form according to hardware and software requirements.
  [ Computer and Information Sciences - Harrod’s Librarians’ Glossary and Reference Book ]
  Harrod’s Librarians’ Glossary and Reference Book. 9th ed. Edited by Raymond John Prytherch. Brookfield, Vt.: Gower, 2000.
• n., The plan or arrangement of a document.
  [ Archives - A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (The Society of American Archivists) ]
  Pearce-Moses, Richard. A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2005. http://www.archivists.org/glossary/index.asp
• n., To put data into a predetermined structure or divide a storage medium, such as a disk, into sectors, so that it is ready to receive data.
  [ Computer and Information Sciences - A Dictionary of Computing ]
  A Dictionary of Computing. Oxford University Press, 2004. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. University of British Columbia. 4 August 2006 http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t11.e2057
• n., Width to height ratio of the film as it is projected on the screen.
  [ Arts - Filmmaker’s Dictionary ]
  Filmmaker's Dictionary. 2nd ed. Edited by Ralph S. Singleton and James A. Conrad. Hollywood, CA: Lone Eagle, 2000.