FORMAT


Meaning of FORMAT in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

loose-leaf file/binder/format

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

available

The reports are available in formats which have been approved by the Latter day Saints.

binary

This is usually the case when fixed-point binary format is used to represent store addresses, for example.

Boolean Variables 2.4.2.4 Numbers are stored in binary format .

Floating point variables are stored in binary floating point format with their least significant byte first.

different

The choice is yours - you have seven basic exercise types to choose from and more than thirty different formats .

Nevertheless, many contemporary artists were having their drawings and paintings photographed rather than engraved and sold in different formats .

Fermanagh is linked to the system but uses a different format .

It is also linked to Lotus, so that information needs can be addressed in different formats .

This letter has a different format from that used in previous years - again, the result of widespread consultation with centres.

The series has been widely welcomed and used, and a number of its volumes are being reissued in a different format .

A slightly different format for group affiliation exists in single industry organizations that dominate many of the sectors producing consumer goods.

This means that different formats can be output from the same data source.

digital

We decided to provide broadcasters temporarily with the spectrum needed to air programming simultaneously in both analog and digital formats .

large

The guide is a large format paperback, priced £6.99.

For the first time his work appears in large format and in Cibachrome colour.

At other levels materials will fit into a larger format ring binder, possibly Deskfax.

These are large format , high quality editions produced to the standards you expect only from hardbacks.

The larger format will offer at 3-4 levels a range of self-study language teaching materials.

For the larger format the market could include self-access centres.

The inaugural issue has, however, every appearance of being Microdoc with a new cover and a slightly larger format .

new

The new format of the double morning services is working well and everyone has been very co-operative.

Romance publishers are also looking for new formats .

They see him as a potential match-winner when the new four-day format is brought into championship cricket next year.

This is the first show to experiment with a hostess, she is part of a new format .

We hope you find this new format helpful, especially when planning your summer!

Fairly self-explanatory, the new format gives lesser-known local bands a crack at the Congress stage and the opportunity for wider exposure.

We hope you like the new format .

A major goal of the new format is to boost the stagnant photo industry.

similar

He was also presenting ballets in a similar format to Rustic Revelry.

Other small birds like the house sparrow can follow a similar format but have squarer crowns to the head.

Major art suppliers offer their own willow charcoals in similar formats .

The Ventura approach is a document-oriented one working on the basis that each page will have a similar format .

standard

Manufacturers would be required to maintain dossiers in a standard format on each product, a measure designed to facilitate safety checks.

Again we have the standard format of the lower tray having been soldered to the upper shell.

For scripting movies, there is a standard format in which each line represents a single shot.

For costing and accounting purposes it is usual for payments to be supported by a payment certificate or a standard format .

File names must conform to the standard Z88 format .

It will also import and export a good range of standard formats .

Many computers, like my old Amstrad and the Amiga, come in standard formats .

traditional

In the first half of my drawing book the views had a fairly traditional format .

various

These come in various formats - White Papers, departmental policy documents and ministerial statements, and speeches.

Specific application for various page formats are covered in detail in later chapters.

Everyone knows that there are various formats and varying degrees of emphasis on management and work force.

■ VERB

adopt

Complications do arise, however, because different kinds of organizations adopt different formats .

Many open meetings choose to have one or more speakers address the group, rather than adopting an interactive format .

Statistical Reports Future annual statistical reports will adopt the same format and will incorporate information similar to that contained in this Update.

change

Penguin books had changed their distinctive format .

At the end of this chapter is a summary of how to change the date format . 5.

Make sure there's no plan to change the exam format this year.

At obvious places, change the format of characters or lines.

This year, for the first time ever, we have changed the format of our programme by listing events under categories.

convert

The processing required to convert the typesetting format to a usable format was essentially iterative and needed to be performed with care.

exist

This feature necessarily copes with the existing mass of document formats .

follow

Other small birds like the house sparrow can follow a similar format but have squarer crowns to the head.

There are a few songs but mostly the show follows the stand-up format .

The text follows a distinct format .

Accounts must follow a format that will be laid down in regulations due to come into force in September 1993.

specify

The section gives some indication of the questions the company may ask, but it does not specify a format .

store

This leads to overflow records usually being stored in unblocked format , even if the records in the prime data area are blocked.

Whilst files are stored in Mac format , MachTen will allow both Unix and Mac programs to share the same data simultaneously.

Boolean Variables 2.4.2.4 Numbers are stored in binary format .

Integer variables are stored in twos complement format with their least significant byte first.

If the exponent of a floating point number is zero, the number is stored in integer format in the mantissa.

Thus, an integer can be stored in 2 different formats in a real variable.

use

We use the Hi8 format , it's a very small tape.

Type the first paragraph using the default paragraph format . 3.

Fermanagh is linked to the system but uses a different format .

Computers use a variety of formats for recorded sound.

This well written, concise guide is presented in a very easy to use A5 ring bound format .

When you want to use an indented paragraph format , you have sev-eral options.

For example, we ask authors to use a structured abstract format .

At times, house air waybills use neutral formats that do not identify the first airline.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Most compact camcorders operate in the 8mm format .

The interview was written in a question and answer format .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Are we getting bored with the format ?

Detailed conversion from arcade hit game to console format .

Please look at the enclosed magazine to see the usual format for articles.

Solicitors may produce their own forms provided that the content and format is the same.

The computer system is based on a really basic format of paper dolls.

This is the pixel format in which remotely-sensed images are stored.

Though the format has had to be changed because of rising costs, the event was nevertheless a great success.

Usher confronts the slender boundary between deep love and intense hate within the format of a highly intellectual mystery.

II. verb

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Both allow you to format your data to presentation quality and both provide charting facilities.

Here you can copy files, list files in other directories and even format a floppy disk.

The hard copy formatter may be required to format modules associated with several charge codes at the same time.

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