GIF

in full Graphics Interchange Format

Standard computer file format for graphic images. GIF files use data compression to reduce the file size. The original version of the format was developed by CompuServe in 1987. The current version supports animated GIFs (a graphics image that moves). GIF and JPEG are the most commonly used graphics formats on the Internet.

graphics interchange format [¦graf·iks ′in·tər‚chānj ‚fȯr‚mat]

(computer science)

Common file format for compressed graphic images on the World Wide Web that is limited to 256 colors. Abbreviated GIF.

(graphics, file format)

Graphics Interchange Format - /gif/, occasionally /jif/ (GIF, GIF 89A) A standard for digitised images compressed with the LZW algorithm, defined in 1987 by CompuServe (CIS).

Graphics Interchange Format and GIF are service marks of CompuServe Incorporated. This only affects use of GIF within Compuserve, and pass-through licensing for software to access them, it doesn't affect anyone else's use of GIF. It followed from a 1994 legal action by Unisys against CIS for violating Unisys's LZW software patent. The CompuServe Vice President has stated that "CompuServe is committed to keeping the GIF 89A specification as an open, fully-supported, non-proprietary specification for the entire on-line community including the World-Wide Web".

Filename extension: .gif.

File format.

GIF89a specification.

See also progressive coding, animated GIF.

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GIF is a widely used image format introduced back in 1987 GIF means Graphics Interchange Format GIF is a widely used image format introduced back in 1987.

How Well Do You Know Your Animated Gif? by TibbyAv / Computers and Internet community

GIF: Graphics Interchange Format, the most commonly used image format found on the Internet.

BANDING TOGETHER; Surfed by BOB LOW by Low, Bob / Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

GIF - means Graphics Interchange Format, usually a photo of a member and his/her kids, dog, etc.

ON-LINE CHAT'S NEW LANGUAGE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

graphical design

graphical formula

graphical kernel system

graphical representation

graphical statics

graphical symbol

graphical user authentication