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In [[telecommunications]], a '''message format''' is a predetermined or prescribed spatial or [[time]]-sequential arrangement of the parts of a [[message]] that is recorded in or on a [[data]] storage [[Recording medium|medium]].

At one time, messages prepared for electrical [[transmission (telecommunications)|transmission]] were composed on a printed blank form with spaces for each part of the message and for administrative entries.

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[[Category:Telecommunication theory]]
[[Category:Data transmission]]


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