digital formats
Non-physical data types
Digital formats are standardized ways of encoding information for storage and transmission by computers.
Text, images, audio, and video each have multiple formats—PDF for documents, JPEG for photographs, MP3 for music.
Formats vary in compression, quality, and compatibility: The file won't open because it's in an unsupported format.
Converting between formats sometimes degrades quality.
- PDFFixed-layout document format
- AACSound compression format
- JPEGLossy photo compression standard
- fileStored collection of data
- file extensionFilename's type-identifying suffix
EPUB · MP3 · AVI · FLAC · EXIF · image · WebP · video · media player · SVG · RAW · high resolution · pixel · TIFF · MPEG-2 · interoperability · open source · XML
- digital journalismonline journalism, online news, digital media, digital platforms, e-newspapers
- blind serviceswhite cane, Louis Braille, guide dog, guide dogs, braille alphabet
digital formatsanalog
Comparable equivalent
analog signals · analog media · analog recording · magnetic tape · analogue
digital formatsphysical media
Content on tangible formats
hard copies · hard copy · print · printed materials · vinyl records