What is the difference between .pnm and .pam?
- Extension
- .pnm
- .pam
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Jef Poskanzer
- Bryan Henderson
- Description
- The PNM (Portable Any Map Image) file format is a subset of the broader Netpbm format, designed for storing various types of digital images. It acts as an umbrella term for three specific types of grayscale, color, and black-and-white images, represented by PBM (Portable Bitmap), PGM (Portable Graymap), and PPM (Portable Pixmap) formats respectively. PNM files are known for their simplicity and ease of conversion to other image formats.
- 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.
- MIME Type
- application/x-portable-anymap
- image/x-portable-arbitrarymap[3]
- Sample
- sample.pnm
- sample.pam
- Wikipedia
- .pnm on Wikipedia
- .pam on Wikipedia