Input file
PBM
- Full Name: Portable Bitmap Format
- Developer: N/A
Output file
DISK
- Full Name: Linux Virtual Hard Disk Format
- Developer: N/A
What is PBM file?
A .PBM file is the native file format for the Portable Bitmap Graphics (PNM) image file family. It is a "portable" variant of the binary encoding of a bitmap used in Unix/Linux systems. A PBM contains a single, binary-encoded 1-bit bitmap and can also store ASCII information in its header. It is used for storing black and white photographs or pictures created on a computer system. [ ⏩ ] PBM file extension
What is DISK file?
[ ⏩ ] DISK file extension
How to convert the file from PBM to DISK?
To successfully convert the PBM file to DISK, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.PBM). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case DISK (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than DISK).
What is a file conversion?
A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. PBM to DISK. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.
Program for converting PBM files to DISK files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension DISK, while before this step we had the PBM file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new DISK file, or not.