Re: GIF?
From PAT VAUGHAN <pat...@cde.gate.net>
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· 29 Dec 1994 19:25 · View full thread
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Q>> It stands for Graphic Interchange Format and is pronounced "jif", not >> "gif". It is called Graphic Interchange Format because it was one of the >> first formats to be supported on multiple architectures, hence pictures >> encoded with it were 'interchangeable'. Q>Why is it 'jif' on your say-so? I've always pronounced it 'gif' and >don't see why it wouldn't be pronounced so. I agree. Say GRAPHIC. I don't hear JRAPHIC. --- * QMPro 1.02 54-6372 * Pat...@cde.gate.net
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