What is the difference between .sixel and .dcx?
- Extension
- .sixel
- .dcx
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- ZSoft
- 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.
- DCX file is a multi-page image file developed by raster file or bitmap file formats. It is generated fro PCX files, so it has a small header that shows the .dcx then a sequence of .pcx data. Popularly used by applications to create and send multi-page fax files.
- MIME Type
- image/vnd.dwg
- image/x-dcx
- Sample
- sample.dcx
- Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia
- .dcx on Wikipedia