What is the difference between .sixel and .jbig?
- Extension
- .sixel
- .jbig
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group (JBIG)
- 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.
- JBIG is a lossless compression file format that was created for the fax machine; it can be used by other image file formats. The files created by JBIG format are smaller compared to G3 and G4 file formats.
- MIME Type
- image/vnd.dwg
- image/jbig
- Sample
- sample.jbig
- Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia
- .jbig on Wikipedia