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Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) files

GDDM V3R2 Base Application Programming Reference
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The graphics interchange format (GIF) is a commercial format for interchanging graphical information between computer systems. GIF files contain bitmap (graphics) data that is compressed using the LZW (Lempel-Ziv Welch) compression algorithm. The files can be expanded and viewed by using a variety of graphical application programs at a user's workstation. GIF is the main format used to include images on World Wide Web (WWW) Internet pages.

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