What is the difference between .ras and .ico?
- Extension
- .ras
- .ico
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Sun
- Microsoft
- 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 ICO file is an image format used to store icons for Windows programs, files, and folders. It contains two bitmaps: 1) the AND bitmap - the image mask (which determines what part of the icon is transparent) and 2) the XOR bitmap - contains the icon which is mapped onto the image mask. ICO files can be modified to create custom icons.
- MIME Type
- image/x-cmu-raster
- image/x-icon
- Sample
- sample.ico
- Wikipedia
- .ras on Wikipedia
- .ico on Wikipedia