BMP
E724185
BMP is a simple, uncompressed raster image file format commonly used on Windows systems for storing bitmap graphics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BMP canonical | 5 |
| BITMAPV4HEADER | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8286087 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BMP Context triple: [Microsoft Paint, supportsFileFormat, BMP]
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A.
BMP
BMP is the Basic Multilingual Plane of Unicode, the primary block of code points that encodes the most commonly used characters from modern and many historic writing systems.
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B.
BMP-1
The BMP-1 is a Soviet-era tracked infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1960s, notable for being one of the first mass-produced IFVs combining troop transport with significant onboard firepower.
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C.
DIB
DIB is the IATA airport code for Dibrugarh Airport, which serves the city of Dibrugarh in the Indian state of Assam.
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D.
BMD
BMD is the acronym for the Borders and Maritime Security Division, a U.S. homeland security component focused on safeguarding the nation’s borders and maritime domains through advanced technologies and operational capabilities.
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E.
Tiff
Tiff is a common shortened form of the given name Tiffany, often used as a casual or affectionate nickname.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BMP Target entity description: BMP is a simple, uncompressed raster image file format commonly used on Windows systems for storing bitmap graphics.
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A.
BMP
BMP is the Basic Multilingual Plane of Unicode, the primary block of code points that encodes the most commonly used characters from modern and many historic writing systems.
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B.
BMP-1
The BMP-1 is a Soviet-era tracked infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1960s, notable for being one of the first mass-produced IFVs combining troop transport with significant onboard firepower.
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C.
DIB
DIB is the IATA airport code for Dibrugarh Airport, which serves the city of Dibrugarh in the Indian state of Assam.
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D.
BMD
BMD is the acronym for the Borders and Maritime Security Division, a U.S. homeland security component focused on safeguarding the nation’s borders and maritime domains through advanced technologies and operational capabilities.
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E.
Tiff
Tiff is a common shortened form of the given name Tiffany, often used as a casual or affectionate nickname.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | raster image file format ⓘ |
| advantages |
fast decoding
ⓘ
simple structure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
.bmp
ⓘ
Device Independent Bitmap ⓘ
linked to:
DIB
|
| byteOrder | little-endian ⓘ |
| category | graphics file format ⓘ |
| colorDepth |
1-bit
ⓘ
16-bit ⓘ 24-bit ⓘ 32-bit ⓘ 4-bit ⓘ 8-bit ⓘ |
| colorSupport |
indexed color
ⓘ
monochrome ⓘ true color ⓘ |
| compression | typically uncompressed ⓘ |
| compressionSupport | can support simple lossless compression such as RLE ⓘ |
| designedFor | storing bitmap graphics on Windows systems ⓘ |
| developedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| disadvantages |
large file size
ⓘ
limited compression options ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.bmp
ⓘ
.dib ⓘ |
| fileSignature | starts with characters 'BM' ⓘ |
| fullName |
Bitmap Image File
ⓘ
linked to:
BMP
|
| headerStructure |
BITMAPFILEHEADER
ⓘ
BITMAPINFOHEADER ⓘ BITMAPV4HEADER ⓘ
linked to:
BMP
BITMAPV5HEADER ⓘ |
| introducedWith | early versions of Microsoft Windows ⓘ |
| mimeType |
image/bmp
ⓘ
image/x-ms-bmp ⓘ |
| origin | bottom-left pixel first in most variants ⓘ |
| paletteSupport | yes ⓘ |
| platformAssociation |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| rowAlignment | rows padded to 4-byte boundaries ⓘ |
| stores | pixel data in rows ⓘ |
| supports |
RGB images
ⓘ
bitfields for custom channel masks ⓘ grayscale images ⓘ |
| supportsAlphaChannel | yes ⓘ |
| supportsColorProfiles | can embed color profiles in some variants ⓘ |
| supportsMetadata | limited ⓘ |
| transparencySupport | via alpha channel in 32-bit BMP ⓘ |
| typicalUseEnvironment |
Windows operating systems
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| usage |
icons and cursors in Windows
ⓘ
intermediate format in image processing ⓘ simple graphics storage ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: BMP Description of subject: BMP is a simple, uncompressed raster image file format commonly used on Windows systems for storing bitmap graphics.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.