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BMP is a device independent, two dimensional raster graphics file format introduced with OS/2 v1.0 and later incorporated into [[Microsoft Windows]].
== OS/2 Bitmap Format ==
== OS/2 Bitmap Format ==


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** Colour table (required for 24-bit)
** Colour table (required for 24-bit)
** Bitmap Pel Data
** Bitmap Pel Data
==Links==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format BMP description on WikiPedia]


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[[Category:Multimedia Articles]][[Category:File formats]]

Revision as of 19:45, 9 January 2016

BMP is a device independent, two dimensional raster graphics file format introduced with OS/2 v1.0 and later incorporated into Microsoft Windows.

OS/2 Bitmap Format

OS/2 1.x

  • Windows 3.0 DIB (Device Independent Bitmap)

OS/2 2.x

  • Compression
  • Multiple units of length
  • Half-toming
  • Multiple colour code schemes
  • User-defined space
  • Structure
    • Bitmap Information Structure
    • Colour table (required for 24-bit)
    • Bitmap Pel Data

Links