formatter Definition

format
noun

1. The size and shape of something, especially a book or magazine.

Thesaurus: layout, structure, shape, plan, form, arrangement, style, look, pattern, construction, makeup.
2. The style in which a television programme, radio programme, etc is organized and presented.
3. computing.
A specific arrangement of data in tracks and sectors on a disk.

verb formatted, formatting

1. To design, shape or organize in a particular way.
2. To organize (data) for input into a particular computer.
3. To prepare a new disk for use by marking out the surface into tracks and sectors, so that it is capable of receiving data.

Derivative: formatter
noun

A program for formatting a disk, tape, etc.

Etymology: 19c: French, from Latin liber formatus a book formed or shaped in a certain way.