What is the difference between .mat and .sixel?
- Extension
- .mat
- .sixel
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Data
- Raster Image
- Developer
- The MathWorks
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Description
- MAT (MATLAB Image Format) is an image file format created by MathWorks for storing and sharing MATLAB data and images. It contains data in a binary format, as well as metadata describing the image. MAT files can be used to store images, 3D models, and other types of data.
- Created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), SIXEL is a bitmap image format in an escaped sequence (seen as six pixels high and one pixel wide). You have to convert it into a more accessible format if you don’t have a DEC terminal to view it.
- MIME Type
- application/octet-stream
- image/vnd.dwg
- Sample
- sample.mat
- Wikipedia
- .mat on Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia