format | |
1. n. The layout of a publication or document. | |
2. n. (hence) The form of presentation of something. | |
3. n. (radio) The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc. | |
The radio station changed the format of its evening program. | |
4. n. (computing) A file type. | |
5. v. To create or edit the layout of a document. | |
6. v. Change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page. | |
7. v. (computing) To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process. | |
I lost weeks of work when I inadvertently formatted my hard drive. | |