BMP file format
| File extension | .bmp |
| File category | images |
| Programs | Adobe Photoshop Microsoft Photo Editor Paintbrush |
| Main program | MS Paint |
| Description | BMP – is a popular bitmap file format for storing the scan-line files, presented by Microsoft experts. It is designed exclusively for single-layered scan-lines. Such files are able to have several extensions: .rle, .dib, .bmp. With the built-in support in Windows OS / 2, the extension is seamlessly opened by various applications. |
| Technical details | The image is placed with the DIB extension, which implies the ability to determine the pixel's hue in a form that is not related to the color display method. As a result, Windows OS can display a scan-line image on any display device. The BMP files are larger because they contain an uncompressed image. |
| MIME type | Image/x-ms-bmp image/bmp |