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An animated gif is an image that's been encoded using the graphics interchange format where it has multiple frames encoded into a single image file and a web browser or other software will play those images back in animated sequence automatically. ... An animated GIF is a digital version of that.GIF means "Graphics Interchange Format (image type)". The acronym GIF most commonly refers to a short, animated picture without sound.When the GIF was first born in 1987, animation wasn't even in the picture—neither was the World Wide Web. The team of programmers at CompuServe led by Steve Wilhite, the well-known father of the file format, built the GIF around something completely separate from the animation party-trick it's known for today
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