- Extension
- .pnm
- .sun
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Jef Poskanzer
- Sun Microsystems
- 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.
- Bitmap image generated by a Sun Microsystems workstation; native graphic format used by the Sun Unix operating system; uses a standard image format that can be read by several graphics programs.
- MIME Type
- application/x-portable-anymap
- image/x-sun-raster
