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format definition - telecom
  1. The structure, organization, presentation, or appearance of a set of data in a document. The format of a set of data can include the coding scheme (e.g., ASCII, EBCDIC, or Unicode) and any compression technique (e.g., GIF, JPEG, MPEG-2, or MPEG-4) that might have been employed. In an e-mail application, textual data can be formatted as plain text or rich text, with the latter supporting bold, italics, and underline. The format of the data must be compatible with the application software that attempts to read it. See also ASCII, coding scheme, compression, EBCDIC, GIF, JPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, plain text, rich text, and Unicode.
  2. The arrangement of fields of data in a block, frame, or cell. See also data format.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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