In plain English
It tells what kind of computer file the export is saved as. That kind depends on how the data is organised and encoded inside the file.
In context
Here, "File format" labels the type of computer file, defined by its data structure and encoding, in which the exported data is saved.
- Situation
- Notification, privacy, data-export, and account-deletion settings
- What it communicates
- labels the format-selection field for data export
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not say which specific format is selected.
Examples
“The figures were identical in both exports, but the file format differed, so one file stored them in columns and the other as plain text.”
“Before saving the export, the analyst chose a file format for the data.”