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How to pronounce formatting in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms data format, data formatting, format
Type of info, information
Has types high-level formatting, initialisation, initialization, low-level formatting
Derivation format

Examples of formatting

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I guess it's difficult to cope with individual author's formatting of the words.
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You can customize your signature using any of Wikipedia's text formatting tools.
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Opera Mini does not display text in italic or other formatting besides boldface.
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The SD Association provides free formatting software to overcome these problems.
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Each telephone company has its own standards for the formatting of the database.
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I'd certainly be willing to help you learn how to deal with citation formatting.
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Minor edits to improve formatting, grammar, and clarity may be made at any time.
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I'm rather new to Wikipedia, so sorry if I mess up formatting on this talk page.
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If people find messed-up formatting, what is the appropriate place to complain ?
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  • The organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
  • Set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out"
  • Determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)
  • The general appearance of a publication
  • Divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"
  • A command-line utility included in Microsoft DOS, IBM OS/2 and Microsoft Windows operating systems. The command will perform the following actions by default on a floppy drive, hard drive, solid-states (USB), or other magnetic medium. It will not perform this function on optical media.
  • Format is a function in Common Lisp that can produce formatted text and is normally used in a manner analogous to printf in C and other curly bracket programming languages. ...
  • Disk formatting is the initial part of the process for preparing a hard disk or other storage medium for its first use. The disk formatting includes setting up an empty file system. A disk formatting may set up multiple file systems by formatting partitions for each file system. ...
  • The Format was an indie rock band formed by Arizona natives Nate Ruess and Sam Means. The band announced a hiatus on February 4, 2008. Their style can be considered a mixture of indie, alternative, punk and folk music, with elements of 1960s and 1970s pop music. ...