Overview

Bitmap is a type of image file the shorthand BMP is for bitmap. Its wide feature set includes several innovative capabilities including two-dimensional digital imaging, display devices, data compression, and a great lot more. Each of the several color depths in the image file format is encoded in a particular code.

Category

The app falls in the category of Raster Graphics Image File Format.

Supportive Apps

The Bitmap image files support many applications such as Microsoft products. It supports almost all image viewers and default browsers.

File Format

Raster Graphic Image File Format

MIME Type

image/bmp

image/x-bmp

Organization

It is the tech giant Microsoft introduced the file format.

Signature

Hexadecimal Signature: F6 04 00 00

Location

A BMP file is stored in an OS app or an image viewer. Its location is set by users.

Any default image app or an image viewer can open a BMP file.