Format

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==Printing and visual media==

* Text formatting, the typesetting of text elements * Paper formats, or paper size standards * Newspaper format, the size of the paper page

==Computing==

* File format, particular way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file ** Document file format, for storing documents on a storage media, especially for use by computer ** Audio file format, for storing digital audio data on a computer system ** Video file format, for storing digital video data on a computer system * Content format, encoded format for converting a specific type of data to displayable information * Disk formatting, preparing computer hard disks to store data, destroying any existing contents ** FORMAT (command), a command-line utility to format disks in many computer operating systems * Format (Common Lisp), a programming function for formatting printed output * Format (Fortran 66), a programming statement for formatting printed output * Format (Algol68), a programming function and type for formatting printed output

==Arts and entertainment==

* Film format, standard characteristics regarding image capture on photographic film * Format (photographic agency), agency set up in 1983 to represent women photographers * Playoff format, type of competition in sports and games to determine an overall champion * Radio format, the overall content broadcast on a radio station * TV format, overall concept, premise and branding of a television program

==Music==

* ''Format'' (album), a compilation album of B-sides and bonus tracks released February 2012 by Pet Shop Boys * The Format, a musical group * ''The Format'' (album), by AZ * DJ Format, a hip-hop artist