Message format

In telecommunication, 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 medium. In telecommunication, 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 medium. At one time, messages prepared for electrical transmission were composed on a printed blank form with spaces for each part of the message and for administrative entries.  This article incorporates public domain material from the General Services Administration document 'Federal Standard 1037C'.