computer graphics metafile

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Definition of computer graphics metafile in English English dictionary

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

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com·put·er graph·ics metafile