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CGM

CGM

8.3
A file format for images that can get bigger without losing quality
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : formato CGM
  • Save it as a binary encoded CGM file. It will save only vector graphics. It will not save bitmap graphics.

Examples

  • Open the CGM file in OpenOffice Impress.

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  • The software can export graphics as a CGM file to ensure compatibility with various design tools.

  • To maintain quality, save your illustrations in the CGM format, which supports both 2D and 3D vector images.

  • This project requires all images to be submitted in the CGM file format for proper integration.

Surface Forms

CGM singular
CGMs plural

Morphology

CGM = C + G + M

This is an initialism (Computer Graphics Metafile); the letters are initials rather than productive morphemes, so the meaning cannot be derived from the components alone.

Etymology

CGM stands for Computer Graphics Metafile, where graphics means 'pictures' and metafile means 'a file that stores drawing instructions', so a CGM file keeps technical drawings you can make bigger or smaller without losing quality.