gif

gif is a bitmap image format introduced by CompuServe in 1987, and nowadays also used for all short, silent, looping videos even if they are not actually encoded in gif format.

'Oh, incidentally, it's pronounced "JIF"'

Articles

• 2022-03-23 Mitchell Clark: Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF, has died (archived)

See Also

• page logo: https://www.instagram.com/p/B9P-qLDJmcT/
  • "i bought a silly thing" @Andy Baio March 2, 2020