data formatting

Questions about data formatting

What does data formatting mean?

data formatting means "the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)".

What is another word for data formatting?

Close synonyms include format, formatting, data format. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is data formatting a common word?

data formatting is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.