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• GLOSSARY of Internet Terms
  
  
  GIF or .gif

  Graphics Interchange Format.
  
  A common graphics format for image files (copyrighted to CompuServe).

  GIFs should be used for graphics that are line art, graphics that require transparency, and animated graphics. However, GIF format does not store photographic images as well as JPEG and is limited to 256 colors

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