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GIF

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [jif or, sometimes, gif]
- /dʒɪf or, sometimes, gɪf/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [jif or, sometimes, gif]
- /dʒɪf or, sometimes, gɪf/

Definitions of gif word

abbreviation Technical meaning of GIF Graphics Interchange Format 3
noun gif a set of standards and file format for storage of digital color images and short animations. 1
noun gif a file or image stored in this format. 1
verb with object gif to create a static or animated GIF from (an image or set of images): She GIFFed her favorite actor having a good laugh and posted it on her blog. 1
noun gif A popular format for image files, with built-in data compression. 1
noun Definition of gif in Technology (graphics, file format) /gif/, occasionally /jif/ (GIF, GIF 89A) A standard for digitised images compressed with the LZW algorithm, defined in 1987 by CompuServe (CIS). Graphics Interchange Format and GIF are service marks of CompuServe Incorporated. This only affects use of GIF within Compuserve, and pass-through licensing for software to access them, it doesn't affect anyone else's use of GIF. It followed from a 1994 legal action by Unisys against CIS for violating Unisys's LZW software patent. The CompuServe Vice President has stated that "CompuServe is committed to keeping the GIF 89A specification as an open, fully-supported, non-proprietary specification for the entire on-line community including the web". See also progressive coding, animated GIF. 1

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Origin of gif

First appearance:

before 1985

One of the 1% newest English words

1985-90; g(raphic) i(nterchange) f(ormat)

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Parts of speech for Gif

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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gif popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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