Computer Graphics Metafile


computer graphics metafile

[kəm¦pyüd·ər ¦graf·iks ′med·ə‚fīl] (computer science) A standard device-independent graphics format that is used to transfer graphics images between computer programs and storage devices. Abbreviated CGM.

Computer Graphics Metafile

(graphics, file format)(CGM) A standard file format forstorage and communication of graphical information, widelyused on personal computers and accepted by desktop publishing and technical illustration systems.

MIME type: image/cgm.

ANSI/ISO 8632-1987. Worked on by the ISO/IEC groupJTC1/SC24.

CGM Open Consortium.

See also: WebCGM.