GIF

• gif, Gif

Acronym of graphics interchange format.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪf/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪf/
  • Homophones: jif, jiff

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

    ,

    Audio (US):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪf

GIF (plural GIFs)

1. (computing) A bitmap image format for pictures with support for multiple images per file or animations, and up to 256 distinct colors per frame, including a fully transparent color.
2. An image encoded in GIF file format; the resulting file.
3. (Internet slang, loosely) Any short video without audio, usually one which loops.
4. (Internet, by extension) Any short video, in a format directly supported by HTML5 (ie. GIF, MP4, WebM)

Steve Wilhite, who invented the file format for CompuServe in 1987, has argued that the hard-G pronunciation /ɡ/ is "wrong"^[1] and accepted a 2013 award under a display reading "It's pronounced 'JIF' NOT 'GIF'".^[2] The hard-G pronunciation is, however, in more widespread use (although some argue that this is a result of not surveying the whole population).^[3]

In the post-HTML5 introduction era, .GIF extensions have frequently been used attached to non-GIF formatted videos, using HTML5 compatible video file formats and encoding formats, frequently, MP4 and WebM. In the pre-HTML5 introduction period, the ANG and MNG were to be replacements for the GIF format under PNG formatting.

• anigif
• gifset
• reaction GIF

• Translingual: .gif

GIF (third-person singular simple present GIFs, present participle GIFing, simple past and past participle GIFed)

1. To create a GIF file of; (inexact) to create a similar animated image file of.

   He GIFed the highlights of the debate

   • 2013 December 16, Caitlin Dewey, “Two-year-old Photoshopped Jennifer Lawrence magazine cover draws criticism”, in The Washington Post‎^[1]:

     In fact, it seems this latest round of interest in the 2011 cover was sparked by the GIF-ing of Lawrence’s pre- and post-Photoshopped image, which made the rounds on Tumblr before seeping out to blogs like Crushable.

• FGI, Fig, GFI, IGF, fig, fig.

Borrowed from English GIF.

• Hyphenation: GIF

• Audio:

  (file)

GIF n (strong, genitive GIFs, plural GIFs)

1. GIF