Annotated edit history of
GIF version 5, including all changes.
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[Acronym] for __G__raphics __I__nterchange __F__ormat. |
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A FileFormat for palettized images of at most 256 colours. It was designed by CompuServe in the 1980's utilizing the lossless [LZW] compression [Algorithm] to make it easier to share images online. This should later become a major headache; see [Unisys]. |
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Falling out of favour as [PNG] becomes more widely supported. Suitable for encoding images with a limited range of tones (logos and icons for exmaple) but poor for encoding digital photography due to the large number of tones generated in digital photography. |
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See also [JPEG], [PNG]. |
