BMP file format

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The BMP file format (also known as bitmap image file) the Windows Bitmap file format, or simply bitmap, is a raster graphics image file format used to store bitmap digital images, independently of the display device (such as a graphics adapter). The underlying device-independent bitmap representation is commonly called a DIB: it consists of a DIB header, optional color information, and pixel data, describing the image independently of the display device; a BMP file wraps such a DIB in an additional 14-byte file header. It originated in the closely linked early development of Microsoft Windows and OS/2, whose bitmap formats were at first identical;; used by the GDI subsystem of both platforms, it is sometimes called the Windows and OS/2 bitmap file format and is usually named with the file extension .bmp or .dib. 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 format...

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