formatera(" To prepare a disk for use by organizing its storage space into a collection of data "compartments", each of which can be located by the operating system so that data can be sorted and retrieved. When a previously used disk is formatted, any preexisting information on it is lost.")
format The attributes of a cell in a spreadsheet, such as its being alphabetic or numeric, the number of digits, the use of commas, and the use of currency signs['fɔ:mæt]abbr.
