Format vs. Reformat: What's the Difference?
Format and Reformat Definitions
Format
A plan for the organization and arrangement of a specified production.
Reformat
To format anew or again, generally erasing a previous format.
We had to reformat the computer's hard disk to get rid of the virus.
Let's reformat that text to make it easier to read.
Format
The material form or layout of a publication.
Format
The arrangement of data for storage or display.
Format
A method for achieving such an arrangement.
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Format
To plan or arrange in a specified form
They formatted the conference so that each speaker had less than 15 minutes to deliver a paper.
Format
To divide (a disk) into marked sectors to allow for the storage of data.
Format
To determine the arrangement of (data) for storage or display.
Format
The layout of a publication or document.
Format
(hence) The form of presentation of something.
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Format
(radio) The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc.
Format
(computing) A file type.
Format
To create or edit the layout of a document.
Format
Change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page.
Format
(computing) To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.
Format
The shape and size of a book or other printed publication; hence, its external form.
The older manuscripts had been written in a much larger format than that found convenient for university work.
One might, indeed, protest that the format is a little too luxurious.
Format
The arrangement of the parts of a printed page, such as text and graphics; as, text flowing around an illustration provides a more pleasing format; multiple columns are a more common format for large pages.
Format
The pattern of organization of information in an electronic storage medium, such as the number and size of records, or the size, spacing, or separation symbols for fields in a record. A computer file, for example, may be in fixed-length format, in which each field or record occupies the same number of bytes, or in variable-length format, in which the lengths of fields or records varies. The number of formats are unlimited, being specifiable at will by programmers or in some cases by the users of programs.
Format
The general organization, form, or plan for anything, such as an organized social, political, or entertainment event.
Format
To set into a specific format; - of printed matter or data recorded on a data soorage medium.
Format
The organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
Format
The general appearance of a publication
Format
Set (printed matter) into a specific format;
Format this letter so it can be printed out
Format
Determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)
Format
Divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data;
Please format this disk before entering data!
