Any file format that can store multiple types of data, typically a graphics file format
A device-independent graphics file created by including -FIGure=filename on the command line when you run a Wisconsin Package graphics program You then can use the Figure program to print, plot or display the file For example, if you have configured your graphics for Tektronix emulation of a tek4014 terminal, the Figure program translates the metafile to Tektronix language and displays the information on the Tektronix terminal screen If you change your graphics configuration to PostScript for a LaserWriter printer and rerun the Figure program, the metafile is translated to PostScript and prints on the LaserWriter For more information, see "Saving Graphic Output to a File" in Chapter 5, Using Graphics
A memory or disc file containing an image in the form of drawing instructions, rather than as a Bit Image See also Vector Image
A device-independent graphics file created by including /FIGure=filename on the command line when you run a Wisconsin Package graphics program You then can use the Figure program to print, plot or display the file For example, if you have configured your graphics for Tektronix emulation of a tek4014 terminal, the Figure program translates the metafile to Tektronix language and displays the information on the Tektronix terminal screen If you change your graphics configuration to PostScript for a LaserWriter printer and rerun the Figure program, the metafile is translated to PostScript and prints on the LaserWriter /FIGure= For more information, see "Saving Graphic Output to a File" in Chapter 5, Using Graphics
{i} file that contains or defines other files (useful mainly in operating systems in order to store information of libraries on other stored files)
Synonymous with CGM A representation for the storage and transfer of graphical data and control information
A type of graphics file, used by Windows and other applications, that stores the objects displayed in the form of mathematical descriptions of lines and surfaces Windows NT 4 0 supports enhanced metafiles (EMF) for improved printing performance
A file containing encoded graphical elements Metafiles are used for storing and transporting graphics images In the context of NCAR Graphics, "metafile" is generally synonymous with "NCGM"
loosely, a metafile is a file that contains data about data, i e information that describes another kind of information Many types of programs use some sort of metafile, as an internal representation of data not directly seen by end users, e g the Windows Registry is a sort of metafile Montage creates its own special type of metafile, referred to as a montage (lower case), to store a configuration
A file containing encoded graphical elements Metafiles are used for storing and transporting graphics images In the context of NCAR Graphics "metafile" is generally synonymous with NCGM
a collection of structures that store a picture in a device- independent format Device independence is the one feature that sets metafiles apart from bitmaps Unlike a bitmap, a metafile guarantees device independence There is a drawback to metafiles, because they are generally drawn more slowly than bitmaps Therefore, if an application requires fast drawing and device independence is not an issue, it should use bitmaps instead of metafiles
A graphics format that combines the features of bitmap and vector graphics Common types of metafile formats are CGM, Corel Draw CDR files, encapsulated Postscript EPS files, Adobe Illustrator, Word Perfect Graphics WPG files, PICT, and RTF
An intermediate, device-independent binary file that contains 2D vector graphics, used for plotting to various supported output devices (See the metafile(5) manual page on the CD-ROM )
In a Windows Media Technologies system, a text file that contains information, for media content Windows Media Services use three kinds of metafiles: asd file metafiles, asx file metafiles, and nsc file metafiles
Created by a drawing program, a vector or object-oriented graphic file that can be stretched and resized without loss of quality Some popular metafile formats, which store graphics as dimensions and formulas, include CGM (computer graphics metafile) and WMF (Windows metafile format)
A file format (that is, a description of the format of a kind of file) See also QuickDraw 3D Object Metafile
A graphics metafile is a file that contains encoded vector graphics elements such as lines, colors, dash patterns, markers, and so forth The Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) is a precisely-defined formatting for a graphics metafile as defined and standardized by ANSI NCAR Graphics produces a version of the CGM that is called a conforming private encoding that can easily be converted to and from standard CGM by using the filters ncgm2cgm and cgm2ncgm The NCAR private encoding is also called NCAR CGM, or NCGM