Type GIF - Revision history

Sam at 10:30, 6 March 2026

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Sam at 09:13, 22 May 2024

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Sam at 18:53, 16 March 2024

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Sam at 00:03, 19 May 2023

2023-05-19T00:03:34Z

Sam: /* Details */

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Sam at 13:23, 2 December 2020

2020-12-02T13:23:32Z

Admin: Created page with "{| style="float:right;border:1px solid black" |+ Details | Defined Constant | `Type_GIF` |- | File Type Value | 205 |- | Parent Type | None |- | Carve | Yes |- | Fo..."

2020-05-18T18:10:35Z

Created page with "{| style="float:right;border:1px solid black" |+ Details | Defined Constant | <code>Type_GIF</code> |- | File Type Value | 205 |- | Parent Type | None |- | Carve | Yes |- | Fo..."

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{| style="float:right;border:1px solid black"
|+ Details
| Defined Constant
| <code>Type_GIF</code>
|-
| File Type Value
| 205
|-
| Parent Type
| None
|-
| Carve
| Yes
|-
| Format Details
| Yes
|-
| MIME Type
| <code>image/gif</code>
|-
| Filename Extension
| <code>gif</code>
|}

GIF

=Description=
GIF Image

=Details=
* [http://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt GIF]

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	* [http://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt W3 Specification]		* [http://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt W3 Specification]
	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF History]		* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF History]
		+	* [https://formats.kaitai.io/gif/ Kaitai]

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 This popularity lead to lawsuits because GIF uses LZW compression which was patented in 1985 by Unisys.
 These legal troubles were the inspiration to create the Portable Network Graphics ([[Type_PNG|PNG]]) image format which is patent free.
 =Truxton Exploiters=
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 Truxton will extract the following from this file type:
 * [[Type_File_Details]]

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	* [[Expand]]		* [[Expand]]
	* [[Thumbnail]]		* [[Thumbnail]]
		+
		+	=Items Produced=
		+	Truxton will extract the following from this file type:
		+	* [[Type_File_Details]]

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	* [http://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt W3 Specification]		* [http://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt W3 Specification]
	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF History]		* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF History]
		+
		+	=Truxton Exploiters=
		+	This file type is handled by the following ETLs:
		+	* [[Expand]]
		+	* [[Thumbnail]]

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 {| style="float:right;border:1px solid black"
-|+ Details
+|+ [[Type_JPEGWithExif|<<]] Details [[Type_PE|>>]]
 | Defined Constant
 | <code>Type_GIF</code>

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 |}
-GIF
+Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) image.
 =Description=
-GIF Image
+GIF (pronounced JIF) was created by a company called CompuServe in 1987 to more efficiently push color images over dial-up modem lines.
 =Details=
-* [http://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt GIF]
+* [http://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt W3 Specification]