BMP
BMP is a device independent, two dimensional raster graphics file format introduced with OS/2 v1.0 and later incorporated into Microsoft Windows. The name is simply a shortening of "Bitmap" and not an acronym.
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