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Name Microsoft Windows Cursor
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Identifiers PUID:  fmt/385
MIME:  image/x-win-bitmap
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Classification Image (Raster)
Disclosure  
Description Microsoft Windows Cursor file is a binary system file. CUR pointer images come in different standard sizes such as 16x16 and 32x32. They are a stationary image format similar to an ICO (icon) file. CUR files are found alongside the installation of Microsoft Windows and were first introduced in Microsofts Windows 1.0 operating system in 1981.
Orientation Text
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Related file formats None.
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Developed by None.
Supported by None.
Source Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date 23 Nov 2011
Source description 08/2023 (v.113)- Offsets removed from variable byte sequence and description updated. Submitted by Preservica.
Last updated 15 Aug 2023
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