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PCX

PCX proper noun: an image file format, no longer widely used, supporting up to 256 colours.

Proper noun

PCX

  1. (file format) An image file format, no longer widely used, supporting up to 256 colours.

Origin of PCX

Short for “personal computer exchange”, introduced in PC Paintbrush software in the 1980s.

Questions about PCX

What does PCX mean?
PCX means an image file format, no longer widely used, supporting up to 256 colours.
What part of speech is PCX?
PCX is a proper noun.

Words near PCX in the dictionary

  1. PCU
  2. PCUs
  3. PCV
  4. PCVs
  5. PCW
  6. PCX
  7. pcynidiospore
  8. PD
  9. PDA
  10. PDAF
  11. PDAs

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