Computer Graphics Metafile was created in 1986.

Windows Metafile Windows Metafile (WMF) is a graphics file format on Microsoft Windows systems, originally designed in the early 1990s. Windows Metafiles are intended to be portable between applications and may contain both vector and bitmap components. In contrast to raster formats such as JPEG and GIF which are used to store bitmap graphics such as photographs, scans and graphics, Windows Metafiles generally are used to store line-art, illustrations and content created in drawing or presentation applications. Most Windows clipart is in the WMF format.

Windows Metafile (WMF) is a graphics file format on Microsoft Windows systems. It is mainly a vector image format, but can also include raster graphics. The format was originally designed in the early 1990s but not commonly used after the rise of the Internet and the widely used graphics formats such as GIF and JPEG.

A metafile is a file containing information that describes or specifies another file.

A metafile is a file containing information that describes or specifies another file.