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In terms of media

• Container format – for holding (containing) data.
  • Carrier signal format – for holding data during active wireless transmission.
  • Multiplexing format – for dividing data for active transmission.
  • Recording format – for statically holding data on a data storage device.
    • Paper format – the size and shape of paper
    • Film format – The size of image capture on sheet- or rollfilm
      • Medium-format – Medium sized film format.
• Content format – for converting data to information.
  • Conversation format – for communicating information such as language or signals.
  • Encryption format – for concealing information.
  • Scrambling format – for scrambling information.
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• Disk format – the layout of data how to store in area of a disk.
• Data format – various ways information is encoded
  • Audio file format – a medium for storing digital audio sounds and music
  • Container format (digital) – a medium for storing images and digital video or motion graphics
  • Formatted text – word processing meta data
• Format – a command in the Common Lisp programming language

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• Text formatting – creating the typeset appearance of a document, including text justification.
• Page formatting – creating a template or grid for content on a page, including web pages with multimedia elements.

Other meanings: A word processor (also more formally known as a document preparation system) is a computer application used for the production (including composition, editing, formatting, and possibly printing) of any sort of viewable or printed material. ... Consumer magazine sponsored advertisements and covers rely heavily on professional page layout skills to compete for visual attention. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

• Radio format – the musical style and programming philosophy of a radio station.
• TV Program format – license to produce and to broadcast a national version of a copyrighted foreign TV program and to use its name
• The Format – indie rock duo from Phoenix, AZ

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