noun. The style of a document's format

noun. The code in a markup language which determines a document's format

verb. Present participle of format.

noun. the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)

"Some of the formatting is annoying, specifically the lack of quotation marks in the ‘flashback’ sequences, but it does a good job of meshing lessons in quilting technique with the plot."

info  information  

high-level formatting  initialisation  initialization  low-level formatting  

format