What (who) is metafiles - definition
metafile
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METAFILE FORMAT
Metafile; Media container; Container file format; Hybrid file; Video container; Container format (digital); Multimedia container format; Digital container format; Container format (computing)
<graphics, file format> 1. An image file format for transport
between different machines, often as a {device independent
bitmap}.
2. A functional specification for encoding computer
graphics for later display on some suitable device.
(1996-09-20)
Windows Metafile
FILE FORMAT
Windows Meta File; Enhanced Metafile; WMF file; Enhanced metafile; .wmf; EMF File Format; .emf; Enhanced Windows Metafile; Compressed Windows Enhanced Metafile; Emz; EMZ; Windows Enhanced Metafile; Windows MetaFile; Enhanced Metafile Format; EMF+; Windows metafile
Windows Metafile (WMF) is an image file format originally designed for Microsoft Windows in the 1990s. The original Windows Metafile format was not device-independent (though could be made more so with placement headers) and may contain both vector graphics and bitmap components.
Computer Graphics Metafile
IMAGE FILE FORMAT FAMILY
WebCGM; ISO/IEC 8632; .cgm; Computer graphics metafile
<graphics, file format> (CGM) A standard file format for
storage and communication of graphical information, widely
used on personal computers and accepted by {desktop
publishing} and technical illustration systems.
MIME type: image/cgm.
ANSI/ISO 8632-1987. Worked on by the ISO/IEC group
JTC1/SC24.
CGM Open Consortium (http://cgmopen.org/).
See also: WebCGM.
(1999-02-16)
