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- GIF (Graphics interchange format)
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From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source
A format for pictures transmitted pixel by pixel over the Net.
Created by CompuServe, the GIF specification was put into the
public domain, but Unisys found that it had a patent on the
compression technology used. This stimulated the development of
PNG.
- graphics
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From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source
Two- or three-dimensional images, typically drawings or
photographs. See also
GIF
,
PNG
,
SVG
, and
VRML
.
- PNG (Portable network graphics)
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From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source
A format for encoding a picture pixel by pixel and sending it
over the Net. A recommendation of the W3C, replacing GIF.
- SVG (Scalable vector graphics)
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From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source
A language for describing drawings in terms of the shapes that
compose them, so that these can be rendered as well as possible.
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