What is the difference between .fax and .vicar?
- Name
- Group 3 FAX
- VICAR Image
- Extension
- .fax
- .vicar
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Fax
- Scientific
- Developer
- ITU-T
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Description
- This format is used to compress TIFF images when sending them via fax machines. This format helps reduce the data transmission time. Group 3 eliminates redundant data during compression in order to reduce file size. The standard 10:1 compression ratio may be increased to the user's preferences, but it can lead to a significant loss of image quality.
- The VICAR (Video Image Communication And Retrieval) Image file format is a flexible, image-processing and data format system used primarily by the planetary science community. Developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for storing and managing digital images from space missions, VICAR files are designed to support a wide range of image types, including scientific and engineering data from various spacecraft instruments. This format is characterized by its ability to handle multi-dimensional arrays of data.
- MIME Type
- application/vnd.fax
- image/x-vicar
- Sample
- sample.vicar
- Wikipedia
- .vicar on Wikipedia