PPM is a pixmap image format used by the Netpbm library and other graphics software.
Portable Pixel Map (PPM) is a simple format for 24-bit color images.
The format allows data to be stored in either ASCII or binary format. PPM is the native format of the Netpbm graphics library and the format is described on the Netpbm web site. It is part of a family of formats including pbm, pgm, and pam, collectively tagged pbmplus (the original name for what is now the Netpbm library).