Format
# Format

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
