GIF - Definition
GIF is an abbreviation for Graphic Interchange Format. It is an 8-bit-per-pixel, bitmap image format and encoding standard developed by CompuServe in 1987. GIF images are compressed using the Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) lossless data compression technique to reduce the file size without degrading the visual quality for the efficient transfer of color images over a low speed network connection. Although widely used, it is a proprietary format and the LZW algorithm is patented.
Top Reasons To Wipe Away Your Internet History
- Information about all the web sites you have visited is stored on your computer!
- Every image you have ever viewed, sent or received over the Internet is stored on your system!
- There is a record of every program that you have ever downloaded or used on your hard drive!
- Pressing the delete button and emptying the recycle bin does NOT completely delete your files!
- Cleaning your History Files improves the speed of your computer and frees valuable disk space!
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