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Details for: Windows Bitmap 2.0
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Signatures
External signatures File extension: bmp
File extension: dib
Internal signatures
Name Windows Bitmap 2.0
Description BITMAPFILEHEADER: File Type identifier “BM”, file size (4 butes); two short integer reserved fields with values zero, long integer offset to bitmap image data + BITMAPINFOHEADER: length of bitmap header, long integer 12; number of color planes, short integer, always 1; number of bits per pixel, short integer, 1, 4, 8 or 24.
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 424D{4}00000000{4}0C000000{4}0100(01|04|08|18)00
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