| English | French |
| adaptive format | format adaptatif (" A type of format that uses Extensible Application Markup Language ("XAML") to optimize the layout of a page. By declaring a document adaptive, "Avalon" automatically optimizes the document to best use the available screen space.") |
| Advanced Systems Format | format ASF (A low-overhead data format for multimedia streams. It encapsulates images, audio, AVI, and so forth, as well as URLs, and allows for the synchronization of these objects within the stream. Windows Media Technologies can stream ASF formatted content and can store ASF streams as .asf files) |
| character formatting | mise en forme de caractères (Formatting you can apply to selected text characters) |
| Common Intermediate Format | format CIF (A video format that has 352 pixels by 288 lines and 30 fps) |
| common object file format | format COFF (A format in 32-bit programming for executable (image) and object files that is portable across platforms. The Microsoft implementation is called portable executable (PE) file format) |
| conditional format | format conditionnel (A format, such as cell shading or font color, that Excel automatically applies to cells if a specified condition is true) |
| container format | format de conteneur (A metafile format that identifies and interleaves different data types, such as audio and video streams, subtitles, chapter-information, and metadata (tags) - along with the synchronization information needed to play the various streams together) |
| data format | format de données (The structure or appearance of a unit of data, such as a field, or text in a message body) |
| double-precision floating-point format | format à virgule flottante double précision (A computer number format that occupies 8 bytes (64 bits) in computer memory and represents a wide dynamic range of values by using floating point) |
| Excel XML Format | format XML Excel (The formal name for Excel 12 file format. The Excel XML Format has an open, royalty-free specification, and is the technology licensed to external parties) |
| export format | format d'exportation (UI text for subscriptions and HTML viewer. Corresponds to rendering extensions) |
| file format | format de fichier (The structure or organization of data in a file. File format is usually indicated by the file name extension) |
| file format escape | échappement de format de fichier (" In regular expressions, the usual C language character escape sequences, "\\", "\a", "\b", "\f", "\n", "\r", "\t", "\v", with the usual meanings, that is, backslash, alert, backspace, form feed, newline, carriage return, horizontal tab, and vertical tab, respectively.") |
| flat file format | format de fichier plat (An image file format in which individual objects cannot be edited. Files stored in JPEG, GIF, and BMP formats are all flat files. The PhotoDraw MIX file format is not a flat file format) |
| format file | fichier de format (A file containing meta information (such as data type and column size) that is used to interpret data when being read from or written to a data file) |
| Format Object task pane | volet Mise en forme des objets (A task pane that provides functionality for formatting objects) |
| Format Painter | Reproduire la mise en forme (A feature that replicates formatting from a source item - such as text in Word, a cell in Excel, a control in Access, or a shape in Publisher - to one or more target items) |
| format switch | commutateur de mise en forme (A switch (\*) or instruction that specifies the capitalization, numeral style, and character formatting that Microsoft Word uses in a field result) |
| formatting dimension | dimension de mise en forme (The dimension that numeric formatting is applied to) |
| frame format | format de trame (The way in which a network type, such as Ethernet, formats data to be sent over a network. When multiple frame types are allowed for a particular network type, the packets are structured differently and are, therefore, incompatible. All computers on a network must use the same frame type to communicate) |
| Graphics Interchange Format | format GIF (A graphic stored as a file in the GIF format) |
| import format | format d'importation (The file format for the import of payments) |
| in-country number format | format de numéro de téléphone national (The string that is used to define how to create an in-country/region number to use when making calls from a dial plan) |
| in-country/region number format | format de numéro de téléphone régional/national (The string that is used to define how to create an in-country/region number to use when making calls from a dial plan) |
| in-country/region number format | format de numéro de téléphone national (The string that is used to define how to create an in-country/region number to use when making calls from a dial plan) |
| international format | format international (A phone number format for dialing any call from any location or with a calling card) |
| international number format | format de numéro de téléphone international (The string that is used to define how to dial someone from outside of their country/region) |
| low level format | formatage de bas niveau (A process that creates the physical format, the positions of the tracks and sectors, that defines where the data is stored on a hard disk) |
| low-level format | formatage de bas niveau (A process that creates the physical format, the positions of the tracks and sectors, that defines where the data is stored on a hard disk) |
| Managed Object Format | format MOF (The file type, based on the Interface Definition Language (IDL), that describes management information. The MOF syntax is a way to describe object definitions in textual form) |
| Management Information Format file | fichier MIF (A file that can be used to modify the SMS/Configuration Manager database by creating architectures, object classes, and attributes) |
| Open XML formats | formats Open XML (An international open standard for word-processing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets that can be freely implemented across multiple applications and platforms) |
| pixel format | format de pixel (The size and arrangement of pixel color components. The format is specified by the total number of bits used per pixel and the number of bits used to store the red, green, blue, and alpha components of the color of the pixel) |
| PowerPoint XML Format | format XML PowerPoint (The formal name for PowerPoint 12 file format. This format has an open, royalty-free specification, and is the technology licensed to external parties. This license is the subject in the messaging points where "Open, royalty-free license" is discussed) |
| program stream format | format du flux de programme (A file format that supports the multiplexing of audio, video, and data. Program streams are exclusive to MPEG-1 and MPEG-2-compressed files and use variable-sized packets that have a common time base. Program streams are designed to be played back from reliable media, such as hard drives and DVDs) |
| Quarter Common Intermediate Format | format QCIF (A video format that has 176 pixels by 144 lines and 30 fps) |
| Red Book audio format | format audio Red Book (A standard compact disc format developed by Philips and Sony) |
| regional format | format régional (The options for setting the phone's default language and the specific country or region where it is spoken) |
| remittance format | format des bordereaux de paiement (The file format for remittances to a specific bank) |
| report intermediate format | format de rapport intermédiaire (Internal representation of a report) |
| Standard Image Format | format SIF (A video format that is a version of CIF and is specific to NTSC or PAL television standards. SIF has 352 x 240 non-square pixels for NTSC) |
| Standards and formats | Standards et formats (A Regional and Language Options setting that determines the formats used to display dates, times, currency, numbers, and the sorting order of text) |
| stream format | format de flux (Information about the properties of a stream, such as the codecs used, frame rate, and frame size. A player uses stream format information to decode a stream) |
| stream format file | fichier de format de flux (A file used by a player to decode a multicast stream) |
| syndication format | format de syndication (A format used for publishing data on blogs and web sites) |
| Tagged Image File Format | format TIFF (A high resolution, tag-based image format used for scanning, storing, and combining graphic images) |
| UCS Transformation Format 8 | UTF-8 (A character set for protocols evolving beyond the use of ASCII. The UTF-8 protocol provides for support of extended ASCII characters and translation of UCS-2, an international 16-bit Unicode character set. UTF-8 enables a far greater range of names than can be achieved using ASCII or extended ASCII encoding for character data) |
| Windows Media Format Software Development Kit | Kit de développement du format Windows Media (An SDK for creating applications that play, write, edit, encrypt, and deliver Advanced Systems Format (ASF) files and network streams) |
| Word XML Format | format XML Word (The formal name for Word 12 file format. This format has an open, royalty-free specification, and is the technology licensed to external parties. This license is the subject in the messaging points where "Open, royalty-free license" is discussed) |
| XPS Document file format | format de fichier document XPS (An open, cross-platform document format that allows customers to effortlessly create, share, print, and archive paginated documents) |
| XPS Document format | format de document XPS (An open, cross-platform document format that allows customers to effortlessly create, share, print, and archive paginated documents) |
