- Extension
- .sun
- .xwd
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Sun Microsystems
- X Window System
- Description
- Bitmap image generated by a Sun Microsystems workstation; native graphic format used by the Sun Unix operating system; uses a standard image format that can be read by several graphics programs.
- The XWD (X Windows Dump) image file format is a native graphic format associated with the X Window System, which is a windowing system for bitmap displays commonly used in UNIX and Linux environments. An XWD file is essentially a dump or snapshot of what is being displayed on a screen or part of it at a given moment. It stores image data in an uncompressed form, including the header information that contains details about the image's size, color, and format.
- MIME Type
- image/x-sun-raster
- image/x-xwindowdump
