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Digital images can be stored as computer files by user command. Image files have various formats, each with particular suitabilities. Examples of some common image file formats are shown.
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Image file formats. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_file_formats
Hexadecimal number system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal
BMP file format. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format
GIF file format. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF
PNG file format. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics
TIF file format. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIFF
JPEG file format. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG
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Parkin, A. (2018). Storing a Digital Image. In: Computing Colour Image Processing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74076-8_4
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