Data Format

Data format in information technology can refer to either one of:

  • Data type, constraint placed upon the interpretation of data in a type system
  • Signal (electrical engineering), a format for signal data used in signal processing
  • Recording format, a format for encoding data for storage on a storage medium
  • File format, a format for encoding data for storage in a computer file
    • Container format (digital), a format for encoding data for storage by means of a standardized audio/video codecs file format
  • Content format, a format for converting data to information
    • Audio format, a format for processing audio data
    • Video format, a format for processing video data

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    “To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the data in it—all my life.”
    —F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)