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Choosy programmers choose “gif” or “jif”?

April 26, 2017choosy GIF jif programmers

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Choosy programmers choose “gif” or “jif”?

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The pronunciation of “GIF” is specified in the GIF specification to be “jif”, as in “jiffy”, rather then “gif”, which most people seem to prefer. This does seem strange because the “G” is from the word “Graphics” and not “Jraphics”.