What is the difference between .xwd and .pam?
- Extension
- .xwd
- .pam
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- X Window System
- Bryan Henderson
- 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.
- The PAM image format is a lowest common denominator 2 dimensional map format. It is designed to be used for any of myriad kinds of graphics, but can theoretically be used for any kind of data that is arranged as a two dimensional rectangular array.
- MIME Type
- image/x-xwindowdump
- image/x-portable-arbitrarymap[3]
- Sample
- sample.xwd
- sample.pam
- Wikipedia
- .xwd on Wikipedia
- .pam on Wikipedia