Graphics Interchange Format

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Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) is an image format inserted by CompuServe in 1987 and since then it's been wisely used on World Wide Web thanks to its portability.

The format supports up to 8 bits per pixel allowing to a single image to refer to a range of up to 256 distinct colors drawn from the space of 24-bit RGB color. It also supports animations and allows a distinct range of 256 colors for each frame. The color limitation makes GIF format unsuitable for color photography reproduction and other images with continuous color but it's suitable enough for simple images like graphic ones or logo with solid area of color.

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