targa graphics adaptor

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Targa Graphics Adaptor
TGA

   <graphics, file format> (TGA) The Truevision Targa Graphics
   Adaptor file format.

   The TGA format is a common {bitmap} file format for storage of
   24-bit images.  It supports {colourmaps}, {alpha channels},
   {compression} and comments.

   {Filename extension}: .tga.

   More information is available from
   Truevision (http://truevision.com/) and
   The Graphics File Format Page
   (http://dcs.ed.ac.uk/~mxr/gfx/).

   [What does it have to do with graphics adaptors?]

   (1997-08-07)