formatting
formatting Lexical Profile
formatting Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The visual arrangement, layout, and typographic style of a document, text, or publication.
"Please check the formatting of your bibliography before submitting the final manuscript."
The process of preparing a digital storage medium, such as a hard drive or flash drive, to store and organize data, typically erasing any existing files.
"The technician backed up all important files before beginning the disk formatting."
• verb
To arrange or put into a specific visual layout, structure, or design (present participle of format).
"She spent the afternoon formatting the quarterly report to match the company's style guide."
To prepare a digital storage medium to receive data by configuring its file system (present participle of format).
"The computer is currently formatting the external hard drive, which will erase all previous files."