The Graphics Interchange Format (better known by its acronym
GIF) is a bitmap image format that was developed by a team at the bulletin
board service (BBS) 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.
As a noun, the word GIF is found in the newer editions of
many dictionaries. In 2012, the American wing of the Oxford University Press
recognized GIF as a verb as well, meaning "to create a GIF file", as
in "GIFing was perfect medium for sharing scenes from the Summer
Olympics".
The press's lexicographers voted it their word of the year,
saying that GIFs have evolved into "a tool with serious applications
including research and journalism".
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