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BMP file format From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Windows Bitmap Filename extension .bmp or .dib Internet media type image/x-ms-bmp unofficial or image/x-bmp unofficial Type code BMP BMPfBMPp Uniform Type Identifier com.microsoft.bmp Type of format Raster graphics The BMP file format, sometimes called bitmap or DIB file format for device-independent bitmap , is an image file format used to store bitmap digital images, especially on Microsoft Windows and OS/2 operating systems. Many older graphical user interfaces used bitmaps in their built-in graphics subsystems;[1] for example, the Microsoft Windows and OS/2 platforms GDI subsystem, where the specific format used is the Windows and OS/2 bitmap file format, usually named with the file extension of .BMP or .DIB. Contents [hide] 1 Pixel storage 2 Device-independent bitmaps and BMP file format 2.1 DIBs in memory 2.2 BMP File Header 2.3 Bitmap Information DIB header 2.4 Color palette 2.5 Bitmap data 2.6 Example of a 2×2 Pixel, 24-Bit Bitmap Windows V3 DIB 3 Usage of BMP format 4 Related formats 5 See also 6 References 7 External links [edit] Pixel storage In uncompressed BMP files, and many other bitmap file formats, image pixels are stored with a color depth of 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, or 32 bits per pixel BPP . An alpha channel for transparency may be stored in a separate file, where it is similar to a grayscale image, or in a fourth channel that converts 24-bit images to 32 bits per pixel. Uncompressed bitmap files such as unindexed[2] BMP are typically much larger than compressed with any of various methods image file formats for the same image. For example, the 1058×1058 Wikipedia logo, which occupies about 271 KB in the lossless PNG format, takes about 3358 KB as a 24-bit BMP file. Uncompressed formats are generally unsuitable for transferring images on the Internet or other slow or capacity-limited media. The bits representing the bitmap pixels are