Delete vs. Format

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Deleteverb

To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.

Deletenoun

(computing) A deletion.

Deletenoun

(recorded entertainment industry) A remainder of a music or video release.

Deletenoun

(uncountable) Delete

Deleteverb

To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.

Deleteverb

remove or make invisible;

Deleteverb

wipe out magnetically recorded information

Deleteverb

cut or eliminate;

Formatnoun

The layout of a publication or document.

Formatnoun

(hence) The form of presentation of something.

Formatnoun

(radio) The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc.

Formatnoun

(computing) A file type.

Formatverb

To create or edit the layout of a document.

Formatverb

Change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page.

Formatverb

(computing) To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.

Formatnoun

The shape and size of a book or other printed publication; hence, its external form.

Formatnoun

the arrangement of the parts of a printed page, such as text and graphics; as, text flowing around an illustration provides a more pleasing format; multiple columns are a more common format for large pages.

Formatnoun

The pattern of organization of information in an electronic storage medium, such as the number and size of records, or the size, spacing, or separation symbols for fields in a record. A computer file, for example, may be in fixed-length format, in which each field or record occupies the same number of bytes, or in variable-length format, in which the lengths of fields or records varies. The number of formats are unlimited, being specifiable at will by programmers or in some cases by the users of programs.

Formatnoun

The general organization, form, or plan for anything, such as an organized social, political, or entertainment event.

Formatverb

to set into a specific format; - of printed matter or data recorded on a data soorage medium.

Formatnoun

the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)

Formatnoun

the general appearance of a publication

Formatverb

set (printed matter) into a specific format;

Formatverb

determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)

Formatverb

divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data;

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