<s>
Fdformat	B-Application
is	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
two	O
unrelated	O
programs	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
command-line	O
tool	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
that	O
"	O
low-level	B-Application
formats	I-Application
"	O
a	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
DOS	B-Device
tool	O
written	O
in	O
Pascal	B-Application
by	O
Christoph	O
H	O
.	O
Hochstätter	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
format	B-Application
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
to	O
a	O
higher	O
than	O
usual	O
density	O
,	O
enabling	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
store	O
up	O
to	O
300	O
kilobytes	O
more	O
data	O
on	O
a	O
normal	O
high	O
density	O
3.5	B-Device
"	I-Device
floppy	I-Device
disk	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
increases	O
the	O
speed	O
of	O
diskette	B-Device
I/O	O
on	O
these	O
specially	O
formatted	O
disks	O
using	O
a	O
technique	O
called	O
"	O
Sector	O
Sliding	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
