Look up: Gif

1. GIF
   acronym: Graphical Interchange Format
   Found on http://cdiac.ornl.gov/pns/acronyms.html#
   
   
2. Gif
   [Noun] Plural form: Gifs. A type of image that is used on the web. It is the most common way to compress and store images for transfer over the internet. Gifs work best for non-photographic images, as opposed to JPEG files, which are used to compress photographic images.
   See also: JPEG / JPG
   Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary
   
   
3. GIF
   Graphic Interchange Format, details ...
   Found on http://www.cryer.co.uk/glossary/g/index.
   
   
4. GIF
   Graphic Interchange Format. A Compuserve image format , now widespread on the Web. It enables the reduction of image size by using a high compression rate.
   Found on http://www.multimania.co.uk/support/glos
   
   
5. GIF
   CompuServe`s G
   Found on http://www.doconsite.co.uk/directorypage
   
   
6. GIF
   (Digital cameras and photo printers) Graphic Interchange Format. A popular file format for computer graphics.
   Found on http://www.olympus.co.uk/consumer/208_10
   
   
7. GIF
   (Graphics Interchange Format) -- A format developed in the mid-1980s by CompuServe for use in photo-quality graphics images. Now commonly used in online Web pages.
   Found on http://www.everlands.co.uk/glossary.htm
   
   
8. GIF
   bitmap file type best not used for animation - with the exception of specialised use on the web - note that you can have more than one image within one single 'animated gif' and so create very simple looping animation:
   Found on http://www.animationpost.co.uk/doping/gl
   
   
9. GIF
   Graphics Interchange Format - a standard format for storing and transferring bit-mapped graphics in compressed format
   Found on http://www.archivemag.co.uk/
   
   
10. GIF
    Graphic Interchangeable Format. An image format by CompuServe widely used on the internet. Due to a patent on the LZW compression format used in this standard, any use of the GIF system will require registration to UniSys.
    Found on http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/g.html
    
    
11. GIF
    Graphic Interchange Format: A type of image file. GIF files are graphics or pictures, often used on Web pages. Because GIF files contain a maximum of 256 colors, this file format is ideal for simple graphics with minimal shading or color variation. Other types of graphics are better suited for the JPEG file format.
    Found on http://www.pcblues.co.uk/help_glossary.h
    
    
12. GIF
    Graphics Interchange Format
    Found on http://www.londonprepared.gov.uk/glossar
    
    
13. GIF
    An eight bit (256 colours or shades of grey) or less computer file format by CompuServe. Commonly used to post photographic images to computer bulletin boards and the Internet, GIF files are almost never used for professional printing.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20829
    
    
14. GIF
    Text imported or set within the app as HTML. Body copy is more appropriate as HTML, with the advantage of being searchable.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20829
    
    
15. gif
    a format developed by CompuServe expressly for the exchange of graphics Category: News-systems and communications
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
    
    
16. GIF
    Graphic Image File format. A widely supported image-storage format promoted by ComputerServe that gained early widespread use on on-line services and the internet.
    Found on http://www.rodsmith.org.uk/photographic%
    
    
17. Gif
    Gif conj. [ Anglo-Saxon See If .] If. [ Obsolete] » Gif is the old form of if , and frequently occurs in the earlier English writers. See If .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/26
    
    
18. Gif
    • (conj.) If.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
19. GIF
    (from the article `data compression`) ...system), StuffIt (on Apple computers), and gzip (on computers running UNIX); all use lossless compression. A common format for compressing static ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/30
    
    
20. GIF
    Graphics Interchange Format
    Found on http://foldoc.org/GIF
    
    
21. GIF
    Graphic Image File format. A widely supported image-storage format promoted by ComputerServe that gained early widespread use on on-line services and the internet
    Found on http://www.digitalexposure.ca/sub1.html
    
    
22. GIF
    A common format for image files, especially suitable for images containing large areas of the same color. GIF format files of simple images are often smaller than the same file would be if stored in JPEG format, but GIF format does not store photographic images as well as JPEG.
    Found on http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.ht
    
    
23. GIF
    Common graphic file format used in Web banners. Can also be animated.
    Found on http://emailuniverse.com/ezine-tips/?id=
    
    
24. Gif
    GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) is a file format developed in the mid-1980s by CompuServe for use in photo-quality computer bitmap graphics images and now commonly used. Gif images use a 256 byte palette of 24-bit colours, limiting the image to 256 colours, but allowing each colour to have 256 shades of each of red, green and blue.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow
    
    
25. GIF
    In computing, popular and economical picture file format developed by CompuServe. GIF (pronounced with a hard `g`) was one of the two most commonly used file formats for pictures on the World Wide Web (the other being JPEG) because pictures saved in this format take up a relatively small amount of space. The term is often used simply to m...
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