GIF

Property	GIF Graphics Interchange Format
Color System	8 bit indexed (256 colors)
Compression	Lossless Compression (LZW; horizontal repeating units)
Other Features	.gif file extension Transparency Animation
Typical Uses	Illustrations (logos, icons) Animated banners and icons Images with small dimension
Property	GIF Graphics Interchange Format
Photograph 250 × 188 px	29.3 kb
Illustration 148 × 179 px	1.47 kb