BMP file format

Windows Bitmap
Filename extension
.bmp, .dib
Internet media typeimage/bmp[1]
image/x-bmp
Type code'BMP '
'BMPf'
'BMPp'
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)com.microsoft.bmp
Developed byMicrosoft Corporation
Type of formatRaster graphics
Open format?OSP for WMF

The BMP file format, or bitmap, is a raster graphics image file format used to store bitmap digital images, independently of the display device (such as a graphics adapter), especially on Microsoft Windows[2] and OS/2[3] operating systems.

The BMP file format is capable of storing two-dimensional digital images in various color depths, and optionally with data compression, alpha channels, and color profiles. The Windows Metafile (WMF) specification covers the BMP file format.[4]

  1. ^ "IANA Considerations". Windows Image Media Types. sec. 5. doi:10.17487/RFC7903. RFC 7903.
  2. ^ James D. Murray; William vanRyper (April 1996). Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats (Second ed.). O'Reilly. bmp. ISBN 1-56592-161-5. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference os2bmp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "[MS-WMF]: Windows Metafile Format". MSDN. 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
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