Graphics starts with a hard G, therefore GIF does. If it were say Giraffe Interchange Format, "J"IF would be proper.
Graphics starts with a hard G, therefore GIF does. If it were say Giraffe Interchange Format, "J"IF would be proper.
Complicating the matter further, there is such a thing as a "JIF" file format. That one would be allowed to have the "J" or soft "G" sound since the J stands for "Joint". JIF/JIFF are archaic now and replaced by the widely accepted JPEG format instead so it's probably not so confounding in modern use.
A Giraffe Interchange Format sounds like something that needs to exist. Giraffes need to interchange data too.
A JIF file, often referring to the JPEG Interchange Format or the related JPEG File Interchange Format (JFIF), is an image format that contains compressed photographic data. Primarily used as an early, basic version of JPEG, JIF files contain a header with image specifications (dimensions, color depth) and the pixel
JIF/JIFF are archaic now and replaced by the widely accepted JPEG format
Too bad. IFF was a good file format that made it easy for programs to add extra data without breaking reading on other programs. AIFF, TIFF, RIFF, AVI all were based on it. I can't tell whether JIF was. Looks like a mess of formats for JPEG (en.wikipedia.org) (JIF, JFIF, and EXIF, and a combo of the last two).