PCX
Originally developed by ZSOFT for its PC Paintbrush program, PCX is a graphics file format for graphics programs running on PCs. It is supported by most optical scanners, fax programs, and desktop publishing systems. Files in the PCX format end with a “.pcx” ( pronounced dot -p-c-x) extension. Two other common bit map formats are BMP and TIFF.
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