BMP

Standard Windows bitmap image

File type: Bitmap image file

Files with bmp extension can be commonly found as bitmap images. One of the traditional bitmap formats.

Found 2 different file type records with the same bmp filename suffix.

.bmp (1)

What is bmp file?

File type category:
Bitmap image file

Date updated: June 23, 2025

File extension bmp is commonly used for bitmap files - standard, non-compressed bit-mapped graphics format used in the Windows (and also OS/2).

bmp files store graphics in a format called device-independent bitmap (DIB).

Bitmap images, also called raster images, use a grid (the bitmap or raster) of small squares known as pixels to represent images. Each pixel is assigned a specific location and color value.

Also Award BIOS versions have the ability to display a full-screen boot logo instead of the usual POST screen. The logo itself is embedded in the BIOS image, and although its file name has the extension .BMP, it is not a BMP file - it's a simplistic format referred to AWBM.

MIME-types used for .bmp files:

image/bmp
image/x-bmp
image/x-bitmap
image/x-xbitmap
image/x-win-bitmap
image/x-windows-bmp
image/ms-bmp
image/x-ms-bmp
application/bmp
application/x-bmp
application/x-win-bitmap
application/preview

How to open bmp file?

Use any graphic editor/viewer (XnView, Paintbrush) available to open or view *.bmp file format.

How to convert bmp file?

Use any graphic editor/viewer (Photoshop, Gimp etc.) to convert image formats.

Suggested software to open bmp file:

XnView MP

IrfanView

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.bmp (2)

Alpha Microsystem image

File type category:
Bitmap image file

Date updated: April 1, 2024

The bmp file extension is used for Alpha Microsystem's image file format.

Alpha Microsystems is a computer company founded in 1977. The first Alpha Micro computer was the S-100 AM-100, based upon the WD16 microprocessor chipset from Western Digital.

Later computers starting with the AM-100/L and the AM-1000 were based on the Motorola 68000 and succeeding processors, though Alpha Micro swapped several addressing lines to create byte-ordering compatibility with their earlier processor.

Very old image format, not to be confused with the bmp file extension (Standard Windows Bitmap image).

How to open bmp file?

Use compatible tools to view content of *.bmp files.

How to convert bmp file?

Compatible tools are able to export *.bmp files to other formats.

Associated software actions with the bmp file

Export

Software apps that export bmp files:

Equation Illustrator (Microsoft Windows)

BMP

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Alpha Microsystem image

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