The format was originally designed to interchange animated palettised depictions of giraffes, so Giraffic Interchange Format made sense. They just changed the acronym when they realised that by storing different colours in the palette, you could depict things other than giraffes.
this is like the dude who invented GIF thinking everyone was going to call it “jiff”. it ain’t happening, broski.
The G stands for Jraphics
The format was originally designed to interchange animated palettised depictions of giraffes, so Giraffic Interchange Format made sense. They just changed the acronym when they realised that by storing different colours in the palette, you could depict things other than giraffes.
So… where are these originals?
Yeah, just like the U stands for oonderwater in SCUBA, or the P stands for potographics in JPG!
That or Giraffe Interchange Format
This should be part of ISO
Welcome to… Jraphic Park!
No, it stands for Jira.
It’s pronounced gif
And this is why Sonic and Shadow never sit down together for thanksgiving
https://youtu.be/bmqy-Sp0txY
ZHAIF 4 LAIF!
:)
It’s obviously pronounced “jif” just like giraffe.
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It is called jiff tho?
It is called jiff tho?
Jif is a peanut butter brand
Mmm, creamy
I’ll never have to buy toilet paper again!
Edit: Also, I like the taste of citrus so that’s nice too!
not any more than gnome is called guh-nome.
That’s why you had to spell it wrong in order to communicate that.