EPS, which stands for Encapsulated PostScript, is a file format for graphic data which uses a technology known as PostScript. It carries the extension, .eps. Because it can include vector data and bit map data, it is used as the file format for both

BMP is the standard file format for bit map data in Windows (There is also a slightly different BMP in the OS/2 format). It carries the extension, .bmp. BMP files can be viewed and edited with the Windows accessory program, MS Paint, and is compatibl

A computer handles various data such as text, image, audio and video in files. The specific way in which data is stored in a file is called the file format. All data processed on a computer are binary data that can be expressed in 0s and 1s. In ot

TIFF is the abbreviation for Tagged Image File Format and is a bitmap data file format. It carries the extension, .tif. Using codes called tags to recognize data content enables information related to images to be stored in files. It is compatible

PSD is a bitmap data file format and is the native file format to the graphics editing software, Adobe Photoshop. It carries the extension, .psd. It is also known as the Photoshop format. Adobe Photoshop is a multifunctional graphics processing so

When converting analog sound into digital data, it needs to go through a sampling and quantizing analog - digital (A-D) conversion process. The digitization of sound in this way is known as PCM (Pulse Code Modulation). WAVE is one of the principal

PNG, short for Portable Network Graphics, is a bitmap data file format. The file extension for it is ".png". PNG is a lossless compression file format for use on networks supporting 8-bit and 24-bit colors with the ability to achieve image transpare

PDF (Portable Document Format) is a file format for electronic documents. PDF files use the “.pdf” filename extension.

Originally released in 1993 by Adobe Systems, Inc., the PDF format is now standardized under t

JPEG is one compression method for bitmap image data files. (Originally it was an acronym of the Joint Photographic Experts Group, which developed the compression format.) The human eye is more sensitive to changes in brightness than in hue, and t

GIF, an abbreviation of Graphics Interchange Format, is one format for bitmap image data files. Its extension is “.gif.” This file format, which utilizes the LZW data compression technique, supports 8-bit (256 color) indexed color. Because it only