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DATA FORMAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
Synonyms:
data format; data formatting; format; formatting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("data format" is a kind of...):
info; information (a message received and understood)
Domain category:
computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "data format"):
high-level formatting ((computer science) the format for the root directory and the file allocation tables and other basic configurations)
initialisation; initialization; low-level formatting ((computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position)
