What is the difference between .ras and .azw3?
- Extension
- .ras
- .azw3
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Ebook
- Developer
- Sun
- Amazon
- Description
- Originally used on the Sun Microsystems computers, RAS is a raster image format that displays bitmap images. It is popularly used for specific types of research projects and it can be developed in Unix OS as well. It supports 1 and 32-bits per pixel and used RLE compression codec.
- An AZW3 file is an eBook created in the Kindle Format 8 (KF8), Amazon's successor to the .AZW format. It supports newer features such as HTML5 and CSS3 support as well as many other formatting capabilities. AZW3 files often include DRM protection and are used as the download format for many Amazon eBooks.
- MIME Type
- image/x-cmu-raster
- application/x-mobipocket-ebook
- Sample
- sample.azw3
- Wikipedia
- .ras on Wikipedia
- .azw3 on Wikipedia