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Granule Data Format > GIF

PREFERRED TERM

GIF  

DEFINITION

  • The Graphics Interchange Format is a bitmap image format that was developed by a team at the online services provider CompuServe led by American computer scientist Steve Wilhite on June 15, 1987. It has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability between applications and operating systems.

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ENTRY TERMS

  • gifs, GIF images

CHANGE NOTE

  • 2019-10-28 10:09:39.0 [sritz] Insert Concept add broader relation (GIF [3be6e181-085f-4a53-b7ed-851f1980dc71,369773] - Granule Data Format [8e770fe1-6e82-43aa-9f8a-75d217d7e6cb,369529]);
  • 2020-06-18 13:07:12.0 [tstevens] insert AltLabel (id: null category: primary text: Graphics Interchange Format language code: en); insert AltLabel (id: null category: null text: gifs, GIF images language code: en); insert Definition (id: null text: The Graphics Interchange Format is a bitmap image format that was developed by a team at the online services provider CompuServe led by American computer scientist Steve Wilhite on June 15, 1987. It has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability between applications and operating systems. language code: en);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/3be6e181-085f-4a53-b7ed-851f1980dc71

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