Whats the difference between a GIF and a JPG file format?
Besides the spelling (sorry, I couldn’t resist), graphics in their natural state are often too large to be quickly displayed on the Web, so they need to be compressed (reduced) in size. The most popular compression formats are GIF and JPG. Compressing graphics with either format does not reduce the physical dimensions of a given image, it just reduces the overall size, in kilobytes or megabytes, of a graphics data file. GIF (correctly pronounced with a hard “g”), stands for Graphics Interchange Format. Most people pronounce it with a soft “g” as in “jiffy.” Historical Minutia: Years ago, when the GIF format made its debut and people started pronouncing it with a soft “g,” the Jif Peanut Butter folks took exception to the pronunciation. Their nutty protests notwithstanding, most people still refer to items in the GIF file format as “jiff” files. JPG or JPEG (pronounced JAY-peg) stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group. The JPG format reduces files to approximately five percent of the
