Netpbm format

A Netpbm format is any graphics format used and defined by the Netpbm project. The portable pixmap format (PPM), the portable graymap format (PGM) and the portable bitmap format (PBM) are image file formats designed to be easily exchanged between platforms. They are also sometimes referred to collectively as the portable anymap format (PNM), not to be confused with the related portable arbitrary map format.

History

The PBM format was invented by Jef Poskanzer in the 1980s as a format that allowed monochrome bitmaps to be transmitted within an email message as plain ASCII text, allowing it to survive any changes in text formatting. Poskanzer developed the first library of tools to handle the PBM format, Pbmplus, released in 1988. It mainly contained tools to convert between PBM and other graphics formats. By the end of 1988, Poskanzer had developed the PGM and PPM formats along with their associated tools and added them to Pbmplus. The final release of Pbmplus was December 10, 1991.

PBM

PBM may refer to:

PBM (band)

PBM is an American rock band based out of Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1997 by lead singer Nate Castle and trumpet player Tom Torrento, PBM (Poor Boy Music) has released two full-length albums - Overview (2003) and One Sip at a Time (2006).

Between 2003-2007, PBM performed more than 500 shows nationwide and traveled approximately 250,000 road miles on their tour bus, aptly named "The Beast."

PBM has been profiled in the following periodicals:

-Six Degrees Magazine
-Billboard Magazine Online
-TV Guide
-The Detroit Free Press
-The Detroit News
-The Macomb Mayhem
-The Oakland Press
-The Daily Tribune
-The Oakland Post
-Real Detroit
-C&G Newspapers
-The Herald Dispatch
-The Daily Dispatcher

PBM has appeared on the following media outlets:

-The Mitch Albom Show (WJR-AM) -WDIV, Channel 4 -Fox 2 News Detroit -NBC's America's Got Talent

PBM has shared the stage with prominent musicians including The Recycled, Gavin DeGraw, The Presidents of the United States of America, Blessed Onion of Souls, The Verve Pipe, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Paul Rodgers (of Bad Company), and Tommy James and the Shondells, That Mustache Feeling, among others.

Overview

Overview may refer to:

See also

Overview (debate)

An overview in policy debate is part of a speech which is flagged as not responding to the line-by-line arguments on the flow. An overview may be "global" if presented at the beginning of a speech or "local" if presented at the beginning of a position.

Overviews typically list the order a debater's speech will be given in. For instance, On-Case, Co-op Disadvantage, Spending Disadvantage, Weapon Disadvantage would be an expected overview.

Debaters will usually inform the judge where they will be giving an overview before they start a speech because it can make it harder to flow the speech. A small minority of judges dislike this practice and will start speech time when a debater starts giving this order.

Many judges dislike overviews because, since many are scripted before the round begins, they tend to be non-responsive or repetitive and are often long. However, most judges and coaches support the practice for arguments which cannot be placed anywhere on the line-by-line or that need to be flagged for their importance.