(radio) A radio programme format with several presenters chatting informally among themselves.

plural of format string

(programming) A string of text characters serving as a template for other strings, such as dd/MM/yyyy for a date.

The overall content broadcast on a radio station, targeted at a more or less specific audience according to a certain type of programming.

(computing, artificial intelligence) A computer language designed for communicating knowledge between independently running computer programs.

(uncountable, linguistics) The process by which a new word is formed from an older word by interpreting the former as a derivative of the latter, often by removing a morpheme (real or perceived) from the older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as an agent-noun suffix) from burglar.

Alternative spelling of back-formation.

(chemistry) The sodium salt of formic acid; used in detergents, as a food preservative and in many industrial applications.

(chemistry) the calcium salt of formic acid; used in the scrubbing of flue gases, and as a food preservative

(American football) An offensive formation in which three running backs line up in a row about five yards behind the quarterback, forming a shape like the letter T.