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FORMATTING
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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 ("formatting" 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 "formatting"):
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)
Derivation:
format (divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data)
format (determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science))
format (set (printed matter) into a specific format)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb format
