.BMP

Not to be confused with .BMP

MIME type: image/BMP image/x-BMP

Is binary? Yes

Is encrypted? No

Can execute dangerous code? Unknown

Related extensions: .bmp .dib .DIB .wmf .WMF

Internet Media types: None

Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) com.microsoft.BMP

Type code BMP BMPfBMPp

Magic number Unknown

The capital doesn't differentiate the 2 files by much. They both still function the same.

A .BMP file is a BitMap image file. The BMP file format, also known as bitmap image file, device independent bitmap (DIB) file format and bitmap, is a raster graphics image file format used to store bitmap digital images, independently of the display device (such as a graphics adapter), especially on Microsoft Windows and OS/2 operating systems.

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Any modern (Windows, Windows 9x, Windows NT, Linux, GNU/Linux, Classic MacOS, MacOS, MacOS X, OS X, iOS, Android, OS/2, ChromiumOS, ChromeOS, Solaris, FreeBSL, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD, etc.)

Opens with:

Eye of GNOME (GNOME, Linux)

GNOME Image viewer (GNOME, Linux)>

Gwenview (KDE, Linux, Windows)

QuickTime Player (Windows NT, Mac OS X, MacOS 11, MacOS 12)

Microsoft Paint (MS-PAINT) (Windows, Windows 9x, Windows NT, all versions of Windows)

Other? Unknown

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Definition 1: BitMap image file

The BMP file format is capable of storing two-dimensional digital images both monochrome and color, in various color depths, and optionally with data compression, alpha channels, and color profiles. The Windows Metafile (WMF) specification covers the BMP file format.

Definition 2: Pseudo-extension (null)

A pseudo-extension is a file format that is applied to a file, despite not having a purpose, other than to change the file name (such as BitMap.BMP) however this file extension is rarely used as a pseudo-extension