GIF

Summary

GIF is a raster-graphics file format^[1]. GIF ranks in the top 5% of raster_graphics_file_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,810 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• GIF's instance of is recorded as raster-graphics file format^[3].
• GIF's instance of is recorded as lossless compression^[4].
• GIF's instance of is recorded as image compression^[5].
• GIF's instance of is recorded as video compression^[6].
• GIF's based on is recorded as Lempel–Ziv–Welch^[7].
• GIF's developer is recorded as CompuServe^[8].
• GIF's developer is recorded as Steve Wilhite^[9].
• GIF is a type of format^[10].
• GIF's Commons category is recorded as GIF file format^[11].
• GIF comprises Graphics Interchange Format, version 87a^[12].
• GIF comprises Graphics Interchange Format, version 89a^[13].
• 1987 marks the founding of GIF^[14].
• GIF's described at URL is recorded as https://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt^[15].
• GIF's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/synalysis/Grammars/master/gif.grammar^[16].
• GIF's described at URL is recorded as https://www.sweetscape.com/010editor/repository/files/GIF.bt^[17].
• GIF's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/0xdabbad00/icebuddha/gh-pages/parse_scripts/gif.py^[18].
• GIF's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/haypo/hachoir3/master/hachoir/parser/image/gif.py^[19].
• GIF's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_formats/master/image/gif.ksy^[20].
• GIF's described at URL is recorded as https://www.fileformat.info/format/gif/egff.htm^[21].
• GIF's described at URL is recorded as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wader/fq/master/format/gif/gif.go^[22].
• GIF's media type is recorded as image/gif^[23].
• GIF's file extension is recorded as gif^[24].
• GIF's described by source is recorded as Compressed Image File Formats^[25].
• GIF's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/gif^[26].
• GIF's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GIF'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include raster-graphics file format^[3], lossless compression^[4], image compression^[5], and video compression^[6]. GIF is a type of format^[10].

Origins

1987 marks the founding of GIF^[14].

Use and Application

Components include Graphics Interchange Format, version 87a^[12], a file format^[28] and Graphics Interchange Format, version 89a^[13], a file format^[29].

Influence

Things named for GIF include Kuaishou^[30], a mobile app^[31], in People's Republic of China^[32], founded in 2015^[33], headquartered in Beijing^[34].

Why It Matters

GIF ranks in the top 5% of raster_graphics_file_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,810 views/month).^[2] GIF has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] GIF is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for GIF include Kuaishou^[30], a mobile app^[31], in People's Republic of China^[32], founded in 2015^[33], headquartered in Beijing^[34].