COMPUTER NETWORKING

MULTIMEDIA AND QUALITY OF SERVICE

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
File format extension for animation is ____
A
*.png
B
*.jpg
C
*.gif
D
*.pdf
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format. GIF is a raster file format designed for relatively basic images that appear mainly on the Internet. Each file can support up to 8 bits per pixel and can contain 256 indexed colours. GIF files also allow images or frames to be combined, creating basic animations.

Detailed explanation-2: -GIF (stands for Graphics Interchange Format) was developed in the late 1980’s and it is still widely used. PNG (Portable Network Graphics) was developed around 1995, became a W3C recommendation in 1996, and has been widely implemented in most Web browsers as soon as 1998.

Detailed explanation-3: -JPEG and GIF are types of image formats. JPEG uses lossy compression algorithm where the image may lose some of its data, whereas GIF uses lossless compression algorithm where there is no data loss. GIF images support animation and transparency.

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