X BitMap

In computer graphics, the X Window System used X BitMap (XBM), a plain text binary image format, for storing cursor and icon bitmaps used in the X GUI. The XBM format is superseded by XPM, which first appeared for X11 in 1989.

X BitMap
A sample XBM file
Filename extension
.xbm
Internet media type
image/x-xbitmap, image/x-xbm
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)public.xbitmap-image
Type of formatImage file formats
Extended fromC (programming language)
Extended toX PixMap (XPM)
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