TIA's Glossary of Telecommunication Terms

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message format

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. Note: Messages prepared for electrical transmission are usually composed on a printed blank form with spaces for each part of the message and for administrative entries.

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