What is the difference between .cur and .ras?
- Extension
- .cur
- .ras
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Developer
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Sun
- Description
- A CUR file is a cursor image or animation used for the Windows mouse pointer. It may be an arrow (for general use), a spinning hourglass (for waiting periods), or an I-bar (for text editing).
- Originally used on the Sun Microsystems computers, RAS is a raster image format that displays bitmap images. It is popularly used for specific types of research projects and it can be developed in Unix OS as well. It supports 1 and 32-bits per pixel and used RLE compression codec.
- MIME Type
- application/octet-stream
- image/x-cmu-raster
- Sample
- sample.cur
- Wikipedia
- .cur on Wikipedia
- .ras on Wikipedia