Windows Metafile

Summary

Windows Metafile is an image file format^[1]. It draws 62 Wikipedia views per month (image_file_format category, ranking #1 of 9).^[2]

Key Facts

• Windows Metafile's instance of is recorded as image file format^[3].
• Windows Metafile's genre is recorded as vector graphics^[4].
• Windows Metafile's developer is recorded as Microsoft^[5].
• Windows Metafile's subclass of is recorded as metafile^[6].
• Windows Metafile's software version identifier is recorded as 18.0^[7].
• Windows Metafile's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0l071^[8].
• Windows Metafile's official website is recorded as https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-wmf/4813e7fd-52d0-4f42-965f-228c8b7488d2^[9].
• Windows Metafile's described at URL is recorded as https://www.sweetscape.com/010editor/repository/files/WMF.bt^[10].
• Windows Metafile's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/haypo/hachoir3/master/hachoir/parser/image/wmf.py^[11].
• Windows Metafile's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_formats/master/image/wmf.ksy^[12].
• Windows Metafile's described at URL is recorded as https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc250370.aspx^[13].
• Windows Metafile's media type is recorded as image/wmf^[14].
• Windows Metafile's file extension is recorded as wmf^[15].
• Windows Metafile's file extension is recorded as wmz^[16].
• Windows Metafile's replaced by is recorded as Windows Enhanced Metafile^[17].
• Windows Metafile's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/wmf^[18].
• Windows Metafile's PRONOM file format ID is recorded as x-fmt/119^[19].
• Windows Metafile's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as Windows_Metafile^[20].
• Windows Metafile's file format identification pattern is recorded as D7CDC69A^[21].
• Windows Metafile's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["FileFormat", "WMF-1"]^[22].
• Windows Metafile's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 134516912^[23].

Body

Publication

Windows Metafile's genre is recorded as vector graphics^[4].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Windows Metafile include it vulnerability^[24], a vulnerability^[25].

Why It Matters

Windows Metafile draws 62 Wikipedia views per month (image_file_format category, ranking #1 of 9).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]

Entities named for it include it vulnerability^[24], a vulnerability^[25].