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)