Definition of format in English:

format

nounPlural formats ˈfɔːmatˈfɔrˌmæt

1The way in which something is arranged or set out.
安排，布局，设计，样式
the conventional format of TV situation comedies
Example sentencesExamples
- The modules are in a scripted format for the instructor.
- The course is presented in a scripted modular format on 26 topics.
- These thinkers can be arranged in a sequential format to help describe economic decision-making.
- But the debate format has forced both men to come down from their pedestals.
- Interviews lasted 30-60 minutes and followed a structured format.
- The species accounts come after the treatment of each family and follow a standard format.
- The table is organized in a format similar to that described for Table 3.
- Because of the latter, he was able to recognize that a raw milk creamery can't grow from a conventional format, that it needs instead to be part of a larger web as complex as itself.
- The podium is arranged in a familiar format with the interviewer's chair on the right and the sofas for the panel to the left.
- The latter two tend to overlap, but the format allows for selective reading.
- Recall can be improved by changing the format of your lecture part way through.
- However he twists the format in his favour, it can never be twisted enough to ensure him a victory.
- A show's format can also play in its favor, or not.
- These one-hour biographies are not made in the conventional format.
- On Sunday, mixed triples is the format with same starting time and conditions of play.
- The report should follow a standardized format to ensure key information is captured.
- The show's format will have three contestants dealing with three rounds of sports trivia questions.
- Surprisingly, few members of the legislature appear to be adopting this format.
- For the first time, hospitals were able to order products using a standard electronic format.
- What happens if a PhD Thesis cannot be articulated in a conventional format?
Synonyms
configuration, arrangement, pattern, array, alignment, positioning, disposition, order, ordering, organization, design, marshalling, grouping, layout
1. 1.1 The shape, size, and presentation of a book or periodical.
  （书，期刊）版式，开本
  the format is A4 on newsprint
  (as modifier, in combination) large-format paperbacks
  Example sentencesExamples
  The format of the book was a courageous, though calculated risk, but it nonetheless looks very encouraging at the moment.
  The paper will come in a compact format and be full colour.
  The real pleasure of the book lies in its format.
  In the introduction, you have mentioned that you had first thought of the book in a different format.
  Graham presents a double-criticism of the book format as it relates to emblem studies: it cannot be indexed by the individual reader, and it is extremely cumbersome and slow.
  Or is the idea of a ‘classic’ dying, because of the vast quantity of books published each year, and the merging of book and magazine formats?
  Please keep the Evening Press in its present format from Monday to Friday - we do not like the Saturday edition the size it is.
  The format of the book is a visual mess and difficult to navigate, just like the Chowhound website itself.
  The format and presentation of this book makes it ideal for use as a basic introduction to Baptist history.
  The compact format will be similar to that which has proved so successful for the Independent in Britain.
  His crusading attitude towards children's food may partly explain the format of his new book, Jamie's Dinners.
  The layout of the page is determined not by the artist but by the format of the exemplar book.
  I'm changing both the title and the format of the book, which is really of small consequence to you.
  The format of this book is alive with visuals and packed with persuasive language.
  The book format is planned carefully for efficiency of page turns and includes composer biographies and a short history of the piano duet.
  This is a compliment to the broad range of topics within this book, their readability, and the accessible format through which Case presents them.
  This reader friendliness is present in the format: rather than use A4 paper it is the size of a paperback.
  I quickly looked through it, but of note is the stand-up format of the book, or as they call it: Hands Free.
  The format of the book is inviting and the reproductions of the artist's works are quality.
  I've accidentally underscored every argument a book retailer has ever made, in every forum where I've read them, against odd sizes and formats.
  Synonyms
  design, style, presentation, appearance, look
  form, shape, size
  arrangement, plan, scheme, composition, make-up, configuration, structure, set-up
2. 1.2 The medium in which a sound recording is made available.
  （录音制品）传播媒介
  he has just re-issued the collection in CD format
  Example sentencesExamples
  What are some of your feelings about surround sound and high-res release formats?
  For the time being it would probably be better, in most cases, to use cassettes or to make the message available in both formats - if this is affordable in your budget.
  They are outstanding examples of a less-familiar, nearly-obsolete, sound recording format.
  The MP3 digital audio format has been extended to allow the inclusion of digital rights management technology.
  Two different digital audio formats are used for networked access.
  What the MP3 format of recording does is to sort of compress the written form of the song on a CD, so that more space is left on the disc to record more songs.
  The MP3 format was developed by just one guy for his PhD thesis, with 2 fellows helping him.
  I still find the sound quality of compressed formats like MP3 to be substandard, so I use my own recorded media only.
  Consumption of music recordings in a different format would require purchase of a compatible player.
  Yes, it is a gathering of songs, but the bulk of the book concerns their history, context and reproduction in recorded sound formats.
  Some recordings in the 80's were done very poorly and probably sounded cruddy on both formats.
  Although the recording format is Pro Tools, everything goes to Tools through an analog 16-track Studer A800.
  Though both are compressed sound formats, this was music well represented.
  Songs are compressed according to the digital MP3 file format, which allows for easy transmission over the Web.
  The single will also be available in several formats on iTunes, including a live version recorded by Coldplay and Stipe at the Texas music festival Austin City Limits earlier this year.
  At the moment, iPod only supports MP3 file formats to play music with.
  Two high quality formats are available on the disc, and both sound wonderful.
  Over the 250 years since 1750 we have seen the development of radio, various formats for recorded music which can be played at will, cinema, television, and of course the print media.
  The format compacts sound to allow up to 10 hours of recording on one CD, which reduces this production from a hulking box-set to a slender two-disc pack.
  What this means is that mp3 is an encoding method used to put sound in a digital format.
3. 1.3Computing A defined structure for the processing, storage, or display of data.
  〔计算机〕（数据处理、存储或显示）格式
  a data file in binary format
  二进制格式的数据文件。
  Example sentencesExamples
  These recommendations would cover such things as storage, file formats, metadata, and cataloging.
  The downloadable PDF format makes it easy to get the latest player news and expert advice.
  Despite these difficulties, several new XML formats are gaining adoption.
  AMC provides a guidebook, in downloadable PDF format, to accompany the Toolkit.
  Choose between bitmap or JPEG file formats when saving screenshots to the hard drive.

verbformatted, Plural formats, formatting ˈfɔːmatˈfɔrˌmæt

[with object]

1(especially in computing) arrange or put into a format.
（尤作计算机用语）把…编排成格式，格式化
how to format a document
Example sentencesExamples
- Groklaw members report leads, scan and format legal documents, and send in eyewitness reports from sessions of the court.
- And it would be nice if they were formatted as clearly and readably as possible.
- He asked that contributions be formatted as MS-Word documents.
- We've posted a PDF version of the Maker Faire schedule, formatted for the Sony Reader.
- Instead, use the suggest a link form, which formats the suggestion for posting, is properly tagged by my mail-filters, and reaches not only me, but my co-editors as well.
- But due to an error in the computer system which formatted the text, the letters were sent out addressing thousands of people by their first name only.
- We present here the Book of Common Prayer in electronic form, formatted as the original.
- So after the landscape is sketched out through gathering material, I arrange and format the sounds into some kind of set or collection which works well together.
- I would just love to get some ideas on how to format this thing.
- Many studios only accept scripts written with Final Draft because it formats everything by character, action, dialogue, shot and transition.
- Sometimes links in comments and in list elements aren't formatted correctly.
- I wrote all my posts in one huge Word document and spent much of yesterday formatting it to be printed.
- Since he (or the associate producer who formats his column for the web) phoned the headline in, I thought I'd offer some help.
- Tapes were incredibly slow: a 120 mb backup would take over an hour, not to mention the time required to format them to make them useful.
- Describing his third LP as ‘typical Touch,’ Marks says he likes what he's created so far because he's not trying to format anything.
- An examination of the documents by The Post shows that they are formatted differently from other Texas Air National Guard documents whose authenticity is not questioned.
- Have a weirdly formatted company name and it sticks out like a sore thumb.
- Not to worry, we're going to end up with a gorgeous table, formatted like the image below in only a few seconds, complete with colored and styled text, perfectly aligned columns, and alternating rows of gradient color.
- Did you format it, though, to have a new comic every week?
- Some of the groundwork has been done and the rules have been formatted and forwarded to the club.
1. 1.1 Prepare (a storage medium) to receive data.
  格式化（存储媒体）
  you will be able to format a disk
  Example sentencesExamples
  These virtual disks can be formatted and file systems or databases mounted on them just like any conventional physical disk.
  So, we formatted it, and did all sorts of wonderful things to it to make it nice and fresh for her.
  The iSCSI volume can be partitioned, named and formatted like a normal disk drive.
  On another note, we formatted the other computer and put XP on it.
  Through an associated software utility, the disk is formatted and can be only unlocked when the security dongle is used.
  You can also run a repair disk, which will format the drive and check for bad blocks.
  I was wondering if there was a serious performance impact to formatting a Linux partition with the following commands.
  Here is a free resource Windows Setup Guide that can help you to learn about partitioning, formatting hard disks and installing Windows.
  As usual, the disk was freshly formatted, and configured with only one partition.
  As of this writing, it's probably a bad idea to format a disk using this tool.
  Figure 2 demonstrates a disk that was randomized properly before being formatted to contain an encrypted filesystem.
  The .exe file is a self-extracting image that formats a floppy disk and writes the image to that disk.
  ‘He removed the failed disk, put a new one in the hot plug tray, dropped the tray on the ground, then put it into the machine then formatted the wrong disk,’ I say.
  Worse still, it attempts to format a user's hard disk when a user next tries to reboot.
  I pointed out to him in the manual how to format a disk.
  Instead, though, I've finally formatted the hard drive on my main PC and started again from scratch.
  A user asked him why the floppy drive made that noise while formatting a new disk and he answered.
  Just boot from the CD and it will format the hard disk, then install a security-hardened Linux kernel and load the Corporate Guardian software.
  If you choose the latter, then you will need to format your hard disk and do a clean install of the operating system and applications.
  Windows will format the disk and ask you to give it a name.

Origin

Mid 19th century: via French and German from Latin formatus (liber) 'shaped (book)', past participle of formare 'to form'.

Rhymes

doormat

Definition of format in US English:

format

nounˈfôrˌmatˈfɔrˌmæt

1The way in which something is arranged or set out.
安排，布局，设计，样式
the format of the funeral service
葬礼的安排。
Example sentencesExamples
- The podium is arranged in a familiar format with the interviewer's chair on the right and the sofas for the panel to the left.
- Because of the latter, he was able to recognize that a raw milk creamery can't grow from a conventional format, that it needs instead to be part of a larger web as complex as itself.
- The course is presented in a scripted modular format on 26 topics.
- These one-hour biographies are not made in the conventional format.
- On Sunday, mixed triples is the format with same starting time and conditions of play.
- Surprisingly, few members of the legislature appear to be adopting this format.
- The report should follow a standardized format to ensure key information is captured.
- However he twists the format in his favour, it can never be twisted enough to ensure him a victory.
- A show's format can also play in its favor, or not.
- What happens if a PhD Thesis cannot be articulated in a conventional format?
- The modules are in a scripted format for the instructor.
- For the first time, hospitals were able to order products using a standard electronic format.
- Recall can be improved by changing the format of your lecture part way through.
- But the debate format has forced both men to come down from their pedestals.
- The species accounts come after the treatment of each family and follow a standard format.
- The table is organized in a format similar to that described for Table 3.
- The show's format will have three contestants dealing with three rounds of sports trivia questions.
- These thinkers can be arranged in a sequential format to help describe economic decision-making.
- The latter two tend to overlap, but the format allows for selective reading.
- Interviews lasted 30-60 minutes and followed a structured format.
Synonyms
configuration, arrangement, pattern, array, alignment, positioning, disposition, order, ordering, organization, design, marshalling, grouping, layout
1. 1.1 The shape, size, and presentation of a book or periodical.
  （书，期刊）版式，开本
  Example sentencesExamples
  The format of this book is alive with visuals and packed with persuasive language.
  In the introduction, you have mentioned that you had first thought of the book in a different format.
  The format of the book was a courageous, though calculated risk, but it nonetheless looks very encouraging at the moment.
  The format of the book is inviting and the reproductions of the artist's works are quality.
  The real pleasure of the book lies in its format.
  This reader friendliness is present in the format: rather than use A4 paper it is the size of a paperback.
  This is a compliment to the broad range of topics within this book, their readability, and the accessible format through which Case presents them.
  I quickly looked through it, but of note is the stand-up format of the book, or as they call it: Hands Free.
  Or is the idea of a ‘classic’ dying, because of the vast quantity of books published each year, and the merging of book and magazine formats?
  The format and presentation of this book makes it ideal for use as a basic introduction to Baptist history.
  The paper will come in a compact format and be full colour.
  Please keep the Evening Press in its present format from Monday to Friday - we do not like the Saturday edition the size it is.
  I've accidentally underscored every argument a book retailer has ever made, in every forum where I've read them, against odd sizes and formats.
  The book format is planned carefully for efficiency of page turns and includes composer biographies and a short history of the piano duet.
  I'm changing both the title and the format of the book, which is really of small consequence to you.
  Graham presents a double-criticism of the book format as it relates to emblem studies: it cannot be indexed by the individual reader, and it is extremely cumbersome and slow.
  The compact format will be similar to that which has proved so successful for the Independent in Britain.
  His crusading attitude towards children's food may partly explain the format of his new book, Jamie's Dinners.
  The layout of the page is determined not by the artist but by the format of the exemplar book.
  The format of the book is a visual mess and difficult to navigate, just like the Chowhound website itself.
  Synonyms
  design, style, presentation, appearance, look
2. 1.2 The medium in which a sound recording is made available.
  （录音制品）传播媒介
  the album is available as a CD as well as on LP and cassette formats
  这张专辑不但有密纹唱片和磁带，还有CD片。
  Example sentencesExamples
  What are some of your feelings about surround sound and high-res release formats?
  The format compacts sound to allow up to 10 hours of recording on one CD, which reduces this production from a hulking box-set to a slender two-disc pack.
  The single will also be available in several formats on iTunes, including a live version recorded by Coldplay and Stipe at the Texas music festival Austin City Limits earlier this year.
  They are outstanding examples of a less-familiar, nearly-obsolete, sound recording format.
  At the moment, iPod only supports MP3 file formats to play music with.
  Consumption of music recordings in a different format would require purchase of a compatible player.
  The MP3 digital audio format has been extended to allow the inclusion of digital rights management technology.
  Two high quality formats are available on the disc, and both sound wonderful.
  Songs are compressed according to the digital MP3 file format, which allows for easy transmission over the Web.
  For the time being it would probably be better, in most cases, to use cassettes or to make the message available in both formats - if this is affordable in your budget.
  Two different digital audio formats are used for networked access.
  I still find the sound quality of compressed formats like MP3 to be substandard, so I use my own recorded media only.
  Some recordings in the 80's were done very poorly and probably sounded cruddy on both formats.
  Although the recording format is Pro Tools, everything goes to Tools through an analog 16-track Studer A800.
  Over the 250 years since 1750 we have seen the development of radio, various formats for recorded music which can be played at will, cinema, television, and of course the print media.
  Though both are compressed sound formats, this was music well represented.
  What this means is that mp3 is an encoding method used to put sound in a digital format.
  Yes, it is a gathering of songs, but the bulk of the book concerns their history, context and reproduction in recorded sound formats.
  What the MP3 format of recording does is to sort of compress the written form of the song on a CD, so that more space is left on the disc to record more songs.
  The MP3 format was developed by just one guy for his PhD thesis, with 2 fellows helping him.
3. 1.3Computing A defined structure for the processing, storage, or display of data.
  〔计算机〕（数据处理、存储或显示）格式
  a data file in binary format
  二进制格式的数据文件。
  Example sentencesExamples
  These recommendations would cover such things as storage, file formats, metadata, and cataloging.
  The downloadable PDF format makes it easy to get the latest player news and expert advice.
  AMC provides a guidebook, in downloadable PDF format, to accompany the Toolkit.
  Choose between bitmap or JPEG file formats when saving screenshots to the hard drive.
  Despite these difficulties, several new XML formats are gaining adoption.

verbˈfôrˌmatˈfɔrˌmæt

[with object]

1(especially in computing) arrange or put into a format.
（尤作计算机用语）把…编排成格式，格式化
Example sentencesExamples
- Sometimes links in comments and in list elements aren't formatted correctly.
- Many studios only accept scripts written with Final Draft because it formats everything by character, action, dialogue, shot and transition.
- And it would be nice if they were formatted as clearly and readably as possible.
- But due to an error in the computer system which formatted the text, the letters were sent out addressing thousands of people by their first name only.
- We present here the Book of Common Prayer in electronic form, formatted as the original.
- Did you format it, though, to have a new comic every week?
- Describing his third LP as ‘typical Touch,’ Marks says he likes what he's created so far because he's not trying to format anything.
- We've posted a PDF version of the Maker Faire schedule, formatted for the Sony Reader.
- Some of the groundwork has been done and the rules have been formatted and forwarded to the club.
- Not to worry, we're going to end up with a gorgeous table, formatted like the image below in only a few seconds, complete with colored and styled text, perfectly aligned columns, and alternating rows of gradient color.
- An examination of the documents by The Post shows that they are formatted differently from other Texas Air National Guard documents whose authenticity is not questioned.
- Instead, use the suggest a link form, which formats the suggestion for posting, is properly tagged by my mail-filters, and reaches not only me, but my co-editors as well.
- Groklaw members report leads, scan and format legal documents, and send in eyewitness reports from sessions of the court.
- Since he (or the associate producer who formats his column for the web) phoned the headline in, I thought I'd offer some help.
- I would just love to get some ideas on how to format this thing.
- He asked that contributions be formatted as MS-Word documents.
- Tapes were incredibly slow: a 120 mb backup would take over an hour, not to mention the time required to format them to make them useful.
- I wrote all my posts in one huge Word document and spent much of yesterday formatting it to be printed.
- Have a weirdly formatted company name and it sticks out like a sore thumb.
- So after the landscape is sketched out through gathering material, I arrange and format the sounds into some kind of set or collection which works well together.
1. 1.1 Prepare (a storage medium) to receive data.
  格式化（存储媒体）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Through an associated software utility, the disk is formatted and can be only unlocked when the security dongle is used.
  On another note, we formatted the other computer and put XP on it.
  The .exe file is a self-extracting image that formats a floppy disk and writes the image to that disk.
  ‘He removed the failed disk, put a new one in the hot plug tray, dropped the tray on the ground, then put it into the machine then formatted the wrong disk,’ I say.
  As usual, the disk was freshly formatted, and configured with only one partition.
  If you choose the latter, then you will need to format your hard disk and do a clean install of the operating system and applications.
  As of this writing, it's probably a bad idea to format a disk using this tool.
  I pointed out to him in the manual how to format a disk.
  These virtual disks can be formatted and file systems or databases mounted on them just like any conventional physical disk.
  I was wondering if there was a serious performance impact to formatting a Linux partition with the following commands.
  You can also run a repair disk, which will format the drive and check for bad blocks.
  Here is a free resource Windows Setup Guide that can help you to learn about partitioning, formatting hard disks and installing Windows.
  So, we formatted it, and did all sorts of wonderful things to it to make it nice and fresh for her.
  Worse still, it attempts to format a user's hard disk when a user next tries to reboot.
  The iSCSI volume can be partitioned, named and formatted like a normal disk drive.
  Windows will format the disk and ask you to give it a name.
  Instead, though, I've finally formatted the hard drive on my main PC and started again from scratch.
  Figure 2 demonstrates a disk that was randomized properly before being formatted to contain an encrypted filesystem.
  Just boot from the CD and it will format the hard disk, then install a security-hardened Linux kernel and load the Corporate Guardian software.
  A user asked him why the floppy drive made that noise while formatting a new disk and he answered.

Origin

Mid 19th century: via French and German from Latin formatus (liber) ‘shaped (book)’, past participle of formare ‘to form’.

单词	format
释义	Definition of format in English: format nounPlural formats ˈfɔːmatˈfɔrˌmæt 1The way in which something is arranged or set out. 安排，布局，设计，样式 the conventional format of TV situation comedies Example sentencesExamples The modules are in a scripted format for the instructor. The course is presented in a scripted modular format on 26 topics. These thinkers can be arranged in a sequential format to help describe economic decision-making. But the debate format has forced both men to come down from their pedestals. Interviews lasted 30-60 minutes and followed a structured format. The species accounts come after the treatment of each family and follow a standard format. The table is organized in a format similar to that described for Table 3. Because of the latter, he was able to recognize that a raw milk creamery can't grow from a conventional format, that it needs instead to be part of a larger web as complex as itself. The podium is arranged in a familiar format with the interviewer's chair on the right and the sofas for the panel to the left. The latter two tend to overlap, but the format allows for selective reading. Recall can be improved by changing the format of your lecture part way through. However he twists the format in his favour, it can never be twisted enough to ensure him a victory. A show's format can also play in its favor, or not. These one-hour biographies are not made in the conventional format. On Sunday, mixed triples is the format with same starting time and conditions of play. The report should follow a standardized format to ensure key information is captured. The show's format will have three contestants dealing with three rounds of sports trivia questions. Surprisingly, few members of the legislature appear to be adopting this format. For the first time, hospitals were able to order products using a standard electronic format. What happens if a PhD Thesis cannot be articulated in a conventional format? Synonyms configuration, arrangement, pattern, array, alignment, positioning, disposition, order, ordering, organization, design, marshalling, grouping, layout 1.1 The shape, size, and presentation of a book or periodical. （书，期刊）版式，开本 the format is A4 on newsprint (as modifier, in combination) large-format paperbacks Example sentencesExamples The format of the book was a courageous, though calculated risk, but it nonetheless looks very encouraging at the moment. The paper will come in a compact format and be full colour. The real pleasure of the book lies in its format. In the introduction, you have mentioned that you had first thought of the book in a different format. Graham presents a double-criticism of the book format as it relates to emblem studies: it cannot be indexed by the individual reader, and it is extremely cumbersome and slow. Or is the idea of a ‘classic’ dying, because of the vast quantity of books published each year, and the merging of book and magazine formats? Please keep the Evening Press in its present format from Monday to Friday - we do not like the Saturday edition the size it is. The format of the book is a visual mess and difficult to navigate, just like the Chowhound website itself. The format and presentation of this book makes it ideal for use as a basic introduction to Baptist history. The compact format will be similar to that which has proved so successful for the Independent in Britain. His crusading attitude towards children's food may partly explain the format of his new book, Jamie's Dinners. The layout of the page is determined not by the artist but by the format of the exemplar book. I'm changing both the title and the format of the book, which is really of small consequence to you. The format of this book is alive with visuals and packed with persuasive language. The book format is planned carefully for efficiency of page turns and includes composer biographies and a short history of the piano duet. This is a compliment to the broad range of topics within this book, their readability, and the accessible format through which Case presents them. This reader friendliness is present in the format: rather than use A4 paper it is the size of a paperback. I quickly looked through it, but of note is the stand-up format of the book, or as they call it: Hands Free. The format of the book is inviting and the reproductions of the artist's works are quality. I've accidentally underscored every argument a book retailer has ever made, in every forum where I've read them, against odd sizes and formats. Synonyms design, style, presentation, appearance, look form, shape, size arrangement, plan, scheme, composition, make-up, configuration, structure, set-up 1.2 The medium in which a sound recording is made available. （录音制品）传播媒介 he has just re-issued the collection in CD format Example sentencesExamples What are some of your feelings about surround sound and high-res release formats? For the time being it would probably be better, in most cases, to use cassettes or to make the message available in both formats - if this is affordable in your budget. They are outstanding examples of a less-familiar, nearly-obsolete, sound recording format. The MP3 digital audio format has been extended to allow the inclusion of digital rights management technology. Two different digital audio formats are used for networked access. What the MP3 format of recording does is to sort of compress the written form of the song on a CD, so that more space is left on the disc to record more songs. The MP3 format was developed by just one guy for his PhD thesis, with 2 fellows helping him. I still find the sound quality of compressed formats like MP3 to be substandard, so I use my own recorded media only. Consumption of music recordings in a different format would require purchase of a compatible player. Yes, it is a gathering of songs, but the bulk of the book concerns their history, context and reproduction in recorded sound formats. Some recordings in the 80's were done very poorly and probably sounded cruddy on both formats. Although the recording format is Pro Tools, everything goes to Tools through an analog 16-track Studer A800. Though both are compressed sound formats, this was music well represented. Songs are compressed according to the digital MP3 file format, which allows for easy transmission over the Web. The single will also be available in several formats on iTunes, including a live version recorded by Coldplay and Stipe at the Texas music festival Austin City Limits earlier this year. At the moment, iPod only supports MP3 file formats to play music with. Two high quality formats are available on the disc, and both sound wonderful. Over the 250 years since 1750 we have seen the development of radio, various formats for recorded music which can be played at will, cinema, television, and of course the print media. The format compacts sound to allow up to 10 hours of recording on one CD, which reduces this production from a hulking box-set to a slender two-disc pack. What this means is that mp3 is an encoding method used to put sound in a digital format. 1.3Computing A defined structure for the processing, storage, or display of data. 〔计算机〕（数据处理、存储或显示）格式 a data file in binary format 二进制格式的数据文件。 Example sentencesExamples These recommendations would cover such things as storage, file formats, metadata, and cataloging. The downloadable PDF format makes it easy to get the latest player news and expert advice. Despite these difficulties, several new XML formats are gaining adoption. AMC provides a guidebook, in downloadable PDF format, to accompany the Toolkit. Choose between bitmap or JPEG file formats when saving screenshots to the hard drive. verbformatted, Plural formats, formatting ˈfɔːmatˈfɔrˌmæt [with object] 1(especially in computing) arrange or put into a format. （尤作计算机用语）把…编排成格式，格式化 how to format a document Example sentencesExamples Groklaw members report leads, scan and format legal documents, and send in eyewitness reports from sessions of the court. And it would be nice if they were formatted as clearly and readably as possible. He asked that contributions be formatted as MS-Word documents. We've posted a PDF version of the Maker Faire schedule, formatted for the Sony Reader. Instead, use the suggest a link form, which formats the suggestion for posting, is properly tagged by my mail-filters, and reaches not only me, but my co-editors as well. But due to an error in the computer system which formatted the text, the letters were sent out addressing thousands of people by their first name only. We present here the Book of Common Prayer in electronic form, formatted as the original. So after the landscape is sketched out through gathering material, I arrange and format the sounds into some kind of set or collection which works well together. I would just love to get some ideas on how to format this thing. Many studios only accept scripts written with Final Draft because it formats everything by character, action, dialogue, shot and transition. Sometimes links in comments and in list elements aren't formatted correctly. I wrote all my posts in one huge Word document and spent much of yesterday formatting it to be printed. Since he (or the associate producer who formats his column for the web) phoned the headline in, I thought I'd offer some help. Tapes were incredibly slow: a 120 mb backup would take over an hour, not to mention the time required to format them to make them useful. Describing his third LP as ‘typical Touch,’ Marks says he likes what he's created so far because he's not trying to format anything. An examination of the documents by The Post shows that they are formatted differently from other Texas Air National Guard documents whose authenticity is not questioned. Have a weirdly formatted company name and it sticks out like a sore thumb. Not to worry, we're going to end up with a gorgeous table, formatted like the image below in only a few seconds, complete with colored and styled text, perfectly aligned columns, and alternating rows of gradient color. Did you format it, though, to have a new comic every week? Some of the groundwork has been done and the rules have been formatted and forwarded to the club. 1.1 Prepare (a storage medium) to receive data. 格式化（存储媒体） you will be able to format a disk Example sentencesExamples These virtual disks can be formatted and file systems or databases mounted on them just like any conventional physical disk. So, we formatted it, and did all sorts of wonderful things to it to make it nice and fresh for her. The iSCSI volume can be partitioned, named and formatted like a normal disk drive. On another note, we formatted the other computer and put XP on it. Through an associated software utility, the disk is formatted and can be only unlocked when the security dongle is used. You can also run a repair disk, which will format the drive and check for bad blocks. I was wondering if there was a serious performance impact to formatting a Linux partition with the following commands. Here is a free resource Windows Setup Guide that can help you to learn about partitioning, formatting hard disks and installing Windows. As usual, the disk was freshly formatted, and configured with only one partition. As of this writing, it's probably a bad idea to format a disk using this tool. Figure 2 demonstrates a disk that was randomized properly before being formatted to contain an encrypted filesystem. The .exe file is a self-extracting image that formats a floppy disk and writes the image to that disk. ‘He removed the failed disk, put a new one in the hot plug tray, dropped the tray on the ground, then put it into the machine then formatted the wrong disk,’ I say. Worse still, it attempts to format a user's hard disk when a user next tries to reboot. I pointed out to him in the manual how to format a disk. Instead, though, I've finally formatted the hard drive on my main PC and started again from scratch. A user asked him why the floppy drive made that noise while formatting a new disk and he answered. Just boot from the CD and it will format the hard disk, then install a security-hardened Linux kernel and load the Corporate Guardian software. If you choose the latter, then you will need to format your hard disk and do a clean install of the operating system and applications. Windows will format the disk and ask you to give it a name. Origin Mid 19th century: via French and German from Latin formatus (liber) 'shaped (book)', past participle of formare 'to form'. Rhymes doormat Definition of format in US English: format nounˈfôrˌmatˈfɔrˌmæt 1The way in which something is arranged or set out. 安排，布局，设计，样式 the format of the funeral service 葬礼的安排。 Example sentencesExamples The podium is arranged in a familiar format with the interviewer's chair on the right and the sofas for the panel to the left. Because of the latter, he was able to recognize that a raw milk creamery can't grow from a conventional format, that it needs instead to be part of a larger web as complex as itself. The course is presented in a scripted modular format on 26 topics. These one-hour biographies are not made in the conventional format. On Sunday, mixed triples is the format with same starting time and conditions of play. Surprisingly, few members of the legislature appear to be adopting this format. The report should follow a standardized format to ensure key information is captured. However he twists the format in his favour, it can never be twisted enough to ensure him a victory. A show's format can also play in its favor, or not. What happens if a PhD Thesis cannot be articulated in a conventional format? The modules are in a scripted format for the instructor. For the first time, hospitals were able to order products using a standard electronic format. Recall can be improved by changing the format of your lecture part way through. But the debate format has forced both men to come down from their pedestals. The species accounts come after the treatment of each family and follow a standard format. The table is organized in a format similar to that described for Table 3. The show's format will have three contestants dealing with three rounds of sports trivia questions. These thinkers can be arranged in a sequential format to help describe economic decision-making. The latter two tend to overlap, but the format allows for selective reading. Interviews lasted 30-60 minutes and followed a structured format. Synonyms configuration, arrangement, pattern, array, alignment, positioning, disposition, order, ordering, organization, design, marshalling, grouping, layout 1.1 The shape, size, and presentation of a book or periodical. （书，期刊）版式，开本 Example sentencesExamples The format of this book is alive with visuals and packed with persuasive language. In the introduction, you have mentioned that you had first thought of the book in a different format. The format of the book was a courageous, though calculated risk, but it nonetheless looks very encouraging at the moment. The format of the book is inviting and the reproductions of the artist's works are quality. The real pleasure of the book lies in its format. This reader friendliness is present in the format: rather than use A4 paper it is the size of a paperback. This is a compliment to the broad range of topics within this book, their readability, and the accessible format through which Case presents them. I quickly looked through it, but of note is the stand-up format of the book, or as they call it: Hands Free. Or is the idea of a ‘classic’ dying, because of the vast quantity of books published each year, and the merging of book and magazine formats? The format and presentation of this book makes it ideal for use as a basic introduction to Baptist history. The paper will come in a compact format and be full colour. Please keep the Evening Press in its present format from Monday to Friday - we do not like the Saturday edition the size it is. I've accidentally underscored every argument a book retailer has ever made, in every forum where I've read them, against odd sizes and formats. The book format is planned carefully for efficiency of page turns and includes composer biographies and a short history of the piano duet. I'm changing both the title and the format of the book, which is really of small consequence to you. Graham presents a double-criticism of the book format as it relates to emblem studies: it cannot be indexed by the individual reader, and it is extremely cumbersome and slow. The compact format will be similar to that which has proved so successful for the Independent in Britain. His crusading attitude towards children's food may partly explain the format of his new book, Jamie's Dinners. The layout of the page is determined not by the artist but by the format of the exemplar book. The format of the book is a visual mess and difficult to navigate, just like the Chowhound website itself. Synonyms design, style, presentation, appearance, look 1.2 The medium in which a sound recording is made available. （录音制品）传播媒介 the album is available as a CD as well as on LP and cassette formats 这张专辑不但有密纹唱片和磁带，还有CD片。 Example sentencesExamples What are some of your feelings about surround sound and high-res release formats? The format compacts sound to allow up to 10 hours of recording on one CD, which reduces this production from a hulking box-set to a slender two-disc pack. The single will also be available in several formats on iTunes, including a live version recorded by Coldplay and Stipe at the Texas music festival Austin City Limits earlier this year. They are outstanding examples of a less-familiar, nearly-obsolete, sound recording format. At the moment, iPod only supports MP3 file formats to play music with. Consumption of music recordings in a different format would require purchase of a compatible player. The MP3 digital audio format has been extended to allow the inclusion of digital rights management technology. Two high quality formats are available on the disc, and both sound wonderful. Songs are compressed according to the digital MP3 file format, which allows for easy transmission over the Web. For the time being it would probably be better, in most cases, to use cassettes or to make the message available in both formats - if this is affordable in your budget. Two different digital audio formats are used for networked access. I still find the sound quality of compressed formats like MP3 to be substandard, so I use my own recorded media only. Some recordings in the 80's were done very poorly and probably sounded cruddy on both formats. Although the recording format is Pro Tools, everything goes to Tools through an analog 16-track Studer A800. Over the 250 years since 1750 we have seen the development of radio, various formats for recorded music which can be played at will, cinema, television, and of course the print media. Though both are compressed sound formats, this was music well represented. What this means is that mp3 is an encoding method used to put sound in a digital format. Yes, it is a gathering of songs, but the bulk of the book concerns their history, context and reproduction in recorded sound formats. What the MP3 format of recording does is to sort of compress the written form of the song on a CD, so that more space is left on the disc to record more songs. The MP3 format was developed by just one guy for his PhD thesis, with 2 fellows helping him. 1.3Computing A defined structure for the processing, storage, or display of data. 〔计算机〕（数据处理、存储或显示）格式 a data file in binary format 二进制格式的数据文件。 Example sentencesExamples These recommendations would cover such things as storage, file formats, metadata, and cataloging. The downloadable PDF format makes it easy to get the latest player news and expert advice. AMC provides a guidebook, in downloadable PDF format, to accompany the Toolkit. Choose between bitmap or JPEG file formats when saving screenshots to the hard drive. Despite these difficulties, several new XML formats are gaining adoption. verbˈfôrˌmatˈfɔrˌmæt [with object] 1(especially in computing) arrange or put into a format. （尤作计算机用语）把…编排成格式，格式化 Example sentencesExamples Sometimes links in comments and in list elements aren't formatted correctly. Many studios only accept scripts written with Final Draft because it formats everything by character, action, dialogue, shot and transition. And it would be nice if they were formatted as clearly and readably as possible. But due to an error in the computer system which formatted the text, the letters were sent out addressing thousands of people by their first name only. We present here the Book of Common Prayer in electronic form, formatted as the original. Did you format it, though, to have a new comic every week? Describing his third LP as ‘typical Touch,’ Marks says he likes what he's created so far because he's not trying to format anything. We've posted a PDF version of the Maker Faire schedule, formatted for the Sony Reader. Some of the groundwork has been done and the rules have been formatted and forwarded to the club. Not to worry, we're going to end up with a gorgeous table, formatted like the image below in only a few seconds, complete with colored and styled text, perfectly aligned columns, and alternating rows of gradient color. An examination of the documents by The Post shows that they are formatted differently from other Texas Air National Guard documents whose authenticity is not questioned. Instead, use the suggest a link form, which formats the suggestion for posting, is properly tagged by my mail-filters, and reaches not only me, but my co-editors as well. Groklaw members report leads, scan and format legal documents, and send in eyewitness reports from sessions of the court. Since he (or the associate producer who formats his column for the web) phoned the headline in, I thought I'd offer some help. I would just love to get some ideas on how to format this thing. He asked that contributions be formatted as MS-Word documents. Tapes were incredibly slow: a 120 mb backup would take over an hour, not to mention the time required to format them to make them useful. I wrote all my posts in one huge Word document and spent much of yesterday formatting it to be printed. Have a weirdly formatted company name and it sticks out like a sore thumb. So after the landscape is sketched out through gathering material, I arrange and format the sounds into some kind of set or collection which works well together. 1.1 Prepare (a storage medium) to receive data. 格式化（存储媒体） Example sentencesExamples Through an associated software utility, the disk is formatted and can be only unlocked when the security dongle is used. On another note, we formatted the other computer and put XP on it. The .exe file is a self-extracting image that formats a floppy disk and writes the image to that disk. ‘He removed the failed disk, put a new one in the hot plug tray, dropped the tray on the ground, then put it into the machine then formatted the wrong disk,’ I say. As usual, the disk was freshly formatted, and configured with only one partition. If you choose the latter, then you will need to format your hard disk and do a clean install of the operating system and applications. As of this writing, it's probably a bad idea to format a disk using this tool. I pointed out to him in the manual how to format a disk. These virtual disks can be formatted and file systems or databases mounted on them just like any conventional physical disk. I was wondering if there was a serious performance impact to formatting a Linux partition with the following commands. You can also run a repair disk, which will format the drive and check for bad blocks. Here is a free resource Windows Setup Guide that can help you to learn about partitioning, formatting hard disks and installing Windows. So, we formatted it, and did all sorts of wonderful things to it to make it nice and fresh for her. Worse still, it attempts to format a user's hard disk when a user next tries to reboot. The iSCSI volume can be partitioned, named and formatted like a normal disk drive. Windows will format the disk and ask you to give it a name. Instead, though, I've finally formatted the hard drive on my main PC and started again from scratch. Figure 2 demonstrates a disk that was randomized properly before being formatted to contain an encrypted filesystem. Just boot from the CD and it will format the hard disk, then install a security-hardened Linux kernel and load the Corporate Guardian software. A user asked him why the floppy drive made that noise while formatting a new disk and he answered. Origin Mid 19th century: via French and German from Latin formatus (liber) ‘shaped (book)’, past participle of formare ‘to form’.
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