Windows Bitmap

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Windows Bitmap

Summary

Windows Bitmap is a file format family[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of file_format_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (876 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Windows Bitmap's instance of is recorded as file format family[3].
  • Windows Bitmap's developer is recorded as Microsoft[4].
  • Windows Bitmap is a type of raster-graphics file format[5].
  • Windows Bitmap's Commons category is recorded as BMP file format[6].
  • Windows Bitmap comprises Windows Bitmap, version 1[7].
  • Windows Bitmap comprises Windows Bitmap, version 2[8].
  • Windows Bitmap comprises Windows Bitmap, version 3[9].
  • Windows Bitmap comprises Windows Bitmap, version 4[10].
  • Windows Bitmap comprises Windows Bitmap, version 5[11].
  • Windows Bitmap comprises Windows Bitmap, version 3.0 NT[12].
  • Windows Bitmap's described at URL is recorded as http://paulbourke.net/dataformats/bmp/[13].
  • Windows Bitmap's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/synalysis/Grammars/master/bitmap.grammar[14].
  • Windows Bitmap's described at URL is recorded as https://www.sweetscape.com/010editor/repository/files/BMP.bt[15].
  • Windows Bitmap's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/haypo/hachoir3/master/hachoir/parser/image/bmp.py[16].
  • Windows Bitmap's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_formats/master/image/bmp.ksy[17].
  • Windows Bitmap's described at URL is recorded as https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd183391.aspx[18].
  • Windows Bitmap's described at URL is recorded as http://paulbourke.net/dataformats/bmp/index_ru.html[19].
  • Windows Bitmap's described at URL is recorded as http://paulbourke.net/dataformats/bmp/index_uk.html[20].
  • Windows Bitmap's described at URL is recorded as http://paulbourke.net/dataformats/bmp/index_ro.html[21].
  • Windows Bitmap's described at URL is recorded as http://paulbourke.net/dataformats/bmp/index_be.html[22].
  • Windows Bitmap's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/binspector/binspector/master/bfft/bmp.bfft[23].
  • Windows Bitmap's media type is recorded as image/bmp[24].
  • Windows Bitmap's media type is recorded as image/x-bmp[25].
  • Windows Bitmap's file extension is recorded as bmp[26].
  • Windows Bitmap's file extension is recorded as dib[27].

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Designation and Status

Windows Bitmap's instance of is recorded as file format family[3].

Why It Matters

Windows Bitmap ranks in the top 9% of file_format_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (876 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 88 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . digitalpreservation.gov. Retrieved . digitalpreservation.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . RFC 7903: Windows Image Media Types. Retrieved . iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Retrieved . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Retrieved . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_windows-bitmap_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Windows Bitmap}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/windows-bitmap}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 5d ago · TiagoLubiana · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer Microsoft
    Described by source Compressed Image File Formats
    Developer
    Instance of file format family
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14357]]: format_3592, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289761638|BMP (#289761638)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7899|EDAM Ontology]] #mix'n'"
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