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GIF File Format

Bitmap (CompuServe)

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GIF, or Graphic Interchange Format, is a file extension for an often animated raster graphics file and is the second most common image format used on the World Wide Web after JPEG.

GIF uses the LZW compression algorithm and is owned by Unisys. Though Unisys licensing statement indicates a license is required to use GIF files, in practice they have not required it and many downloaders and website builders remain ignorant to the required license and GIF’s proposed patent-free replacement in PNG.

MIME type: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/gi_

 

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This was last updated in July 2010
By Margaret Rouse
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I am unable to open some email files. When I click to open, the screen goes dark and on the command line it says click (GIF Image, 1x1 pixels). How can I view the info? Thanks.
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Browse my files: Select files formats PDF, Gif, TIFF, TIF, JPEG and others. How I do that with those formats?
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How can I turn a JPEG to a GIF?
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Did u get the anser change to GIF file

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How to convert from pdf to gif file....

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