What is the full form of GIF?
GIF full form is Graphics Interchange Format. GIF is a bitmap-style picture format that was developed by a group led by American computer scientist Steve Wilhite at online services provider CompuServe and launched on 15 June 1987. GIF is a series of bitmap files meant to create a single animated image. It is an eight-bit format that offers 256 colors at most. There are two GIF types, 87a and 89a.
Read Other Full Forms
Origins of GIF
CompuServe introduced GIF on June 15, 1987, to provide their file download zone with a color image format, replacing their previous black-and-white RLE (Run-Length Encoding) format. The initial version of GIF was referred as 87a. CompuServe published version 89a in 1989, which included translucent backdrop colors for animation delays and application-specific metadata storage.
Using GIF
- GIFs are appropriate for line art with crisp edges and a limited amount of colors, such as logos. It makes use of the format’s lossless compression, favoring large surfaces with well-defined edges and consistent color.
- GIFs can be used to store low-color sprite information in video games.
- GIFs can be used for tiny animations and low-resolution video snippets.
