What is the difference between .sixel and .svgz?
- Extension
- .sixel
- .svgz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Vector Image
- Developer
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Adobe Systems
- 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.
- Scalable Vector Graphics (.SVG) files store graphic images in XML format and may contain gradients, transparency, filters and animations. SVG files are compressed using GZIP compression.
- MIME Type
- image/vnd.dwg
- image/svg+xml
- Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia
- .svgz on Wikipedia