Format may refer to:

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

See also

  • Form (disambiguation)
  • Style (disambiguation)