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GIF Last modified: Monday, May 05, 2003
Pronounced jiff or giff (hard g) stands for graphics interchange format, a bit-mapped graphics file format used by the World Wide Web, CompuServe and many BBSs. GIF supports color and various resolutions. It also includes data compression, but because it is limited to 256 colors, it is more effective for scanned images such as illustrations rather than color photos. Also see JPG vs. GIF vs. PNG in the Did You Know . . . ? section of Webopedia.
JPEG and GIF compression basics  Describes compression basics for GIF and JPEG Web images, along with related links and examples. The GIF Controversy: A Software Developer's Perspective  Article on the GIF controversy seen from a software developer's perspective. Includes a collection of information from the history of the controversy to the most recent events. The Graphics File Formats Page Deep technical specifications of the most popular graphic formats. Yahoo!'s GIF page Yahoo!'s directory of GIF. Yahoo!'s transparent GIF images Yahoo!'s directory of transparent GIF images. GIF info A brief overview of the GIF format. The pros and cons of using GIF images within your web site. Also overviewed are the different things you can do with GIF images including creating transparent sections, animations and interlacing.	Related Categories Graphics Graphics Standards Related Terms animated GIF animation data compression graphics file formats image map LZW pixel pixelated PNG RLE