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GIF

GIF is a file format that offers a good compression for images with a low color depth, that is 256 colours per single image.

The GIF format allows to store several single images in one file in order to display them as animations in a Web environment. Today, it still is a sufficient format for drawings, cartoons or black-and-white images. The abbreviation stands for Graphics Interchange Format.