What is the difference between .sixel and .cgm?
- Extension
- .sixel
- .cgm
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Vector Image
- Developer
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- World Wide Web Consortium
- Description
- Created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), SIXEL is a bitmap image format in an escaped sequence (seen as six pixels high and one pixel wide). You have to convert it into a more accessible format if you don’t have a DEC terminal to view it.
- Vector graphics format designed to support the needs of many graphics applications; originally used for clip art libraries, but newer revisions (based on the ISO/IEC 8632 standard) are now commonly used for CAD drawings.
- MIME Type
- image/vnd.dwg
- image/cgm
- Sample
- sample.cgm
- Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia
- .cgm on Wikipedia