Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A service mark used for a raster-based format for storing files of color graphics.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Computers) The Graphics Interchange Format, one of the most popular standardized formats for storing graphic data in binary computer files. The standard has been revised several times, and includes provisions for interlacing and animating images. Its disadvantage is that it can store only 256 colors. Compare
JPEG . - noun (Computers) An image stored in GIF{1} format, or the file in which the image is stored.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- initialism computing A
bitmap image format for pictures with up to 256 distinct colors. - verb to create a GIF file of (an image or video sequence, especially relating to an event)
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Examples
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The gif directory contains a large number of GIF graphics images.
The Big Dummies' Guide to the Internet Version 2.0 : Chapter 7: FTP 1994
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Observation: If you have more than one tipe of image (jpe or gif for example) the order will be: JPG, PNG, GIF, then alphabetical order.
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Observation: If you have more than one tipe of image (jpe or gif for example) the order will be: JPG, PNG, GIF, then alphabetical order.
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· Support converting VCD video from dat, mpeg, mpg file to Gif Animation and GIF, BMP, EPS,
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· Support converting video from MOV, QuickTimefile to Gif Animation and GIF, BMP, EPS, JPG,
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· Support converting video from MOV, QuickTime file to Gif Animation and GIF, BMP, EPS, JPG,
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· Support converting video from MOV, QuickTime file to Gif Animation and GIF, BMP, EPS, JPG,
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· Support converting video from MOV, QuickTimefile to Gif Animation and GIF, BMP, EPS, JPG,
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· Support converting video from MOV, QuickTimefile to Gif Animation and GIF, BMP, EPS, JPG,
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· Support converting video from MOV, QuickTime file to Gif Animation and GIF, BMP, EPS, JPG,
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