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X BitMap
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Computer_graphics/lapBE8wv">computer graphics</a>, the <a href="/facts/X_Window_System/ac2vRIQL">X Window System</a> used X BitMap (XBM), a <a href="/facts/Plain_text/TSlSSAg2">plain text</a> <a href="/facts/Binary_image/qaKaPntY">binary</a> <a href="/facts/Image_file_format/tLGQogv3">image format</a>, for storing <a href="/facts/Cursor_(computers)/bGhgwPSq">cursor</a> and <a href="/facts/Computer_icon/habCR8KJ">icon</a> <a href="/facts/Bitmap/Fr80ySnT">bitmaps</a> used in the X <a href="/facts/Graphical_user_interface/wBlQFWDP">GUI</a>. The XBM format is superseded by <a href="/facts/X_PixMap/4DqfE6Gf">XPM</a>, which first appeared for <a href="/facts/X_Window_System/ac2vRIQL">X11</a> in 1989. </p>