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PBM
Portable Bitmap
Portable Bitmap (PBM) is a lowest common denominator monochrome file format created by Jef Poskanzer in the 1980s. It is a plain text format that uses 0s and 1s to represent image data.
Main usage
PBM is used for storing monochrome images, such as line drawings, black and white images, and simple logos.
- Monochrome
- Plain text format
- Uses 0s and 1s to represent image data
Main features
RLE
Run Length Encoding
Run Length Encoding (RLE) is a lossless data compression algorithm for image files. It is used to reduce the size of the image file without losing any of the image data.
Main usage
Run Length Encoding is commonly used for compressing images in web applications, video games, and other applications where image size is a concern.
- Lossless compression
- High compression ratio
- Simple algorithm