What is the difference between .pam and .svg?
- Extension
- .pam
- .svg
- Format
- Binary
- Text
- Category
- Raster Image
- Vector Image
- Developer
- Bryan Henderson
- Adobe Systems
- Description
- The PAM image format is a lowest common denominator 2 dimensional map format. It is designed to be used for any of myriad kinds of graphics, but can theoretically be used for any kind of data that is arranged as a two dimensional rectangular array.
- An SVG file is a graphics file that uses a two-dimensional vector graphic format created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). It describes images using a text format that is based on XML. SVG files are developed as a standard format for displaying vector graphics on the web.
- MIME Type
- image/x-portable-arbitrarymap[3]
- image/svg+xml
- Sample
- sample.pam
- sample.svg
- Wikipedia
- .pam on Wikipedia
- .svg on Wikipedia