What is the difference between .xwd and .bmp?
- Extension
- .xwd
- .bmp
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- X Window System
- Microsoft
- Description
- 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.
- A BMP file is an uncompressed raster image comprised of a rectangular grid of pixels. It contains a file header (bitmap identifier, file size, width, height, color options, and bitmap data starting point) and bitmap pixels, each with a different color.
- MIME Type
- image/x-xwindowdump
- image/bmp
- Sample
- sample.xwd
- sample.bmp
- Wikipedia
- .xwd on Wikipedia
- .bmp on Wikipedia