1. The general appearance, lay out or arrangement of something
   "The new format of the magazine made it more visually appealing"
    
2. The organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
   "Proper format of the document made it easier to read and understand";
   - formatting, data format, data formatting

1. Determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)
   "The programmer formatted the data for optimal storage efficiency"
    
2. Put or arrange a document into a specific format
   "Format this letter so it can be printed out";
   - arrange
    
3. Divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data
   "Please format this disk before entering data!";
   - initialize, initialise [Brit]

Derived forms: formatting, formats, formatted

Type of: appearance, carve up, change, determine, dissever [rare], divide, gen [Brit, informal], info [informal], information, separate, set, split, split up, visual aspect

Part of: publication

Encyclopedia: Format