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Microsoft GIF Animator is a historical computer software program for Microsoft Windows to create simple animated GIF files based on the GIF89a file format.It was freely downloadable from the Microsoft Download Center but is now only available through MSDN and on third-party download sites.
In August 2013, Giphy expanded beyond a search engine to allow users to post, embed and share GIFs on Facebook. [10] [11] [12] Giphy was then recognized as a Top 100 Website of 2013, according to PC Magazine. [13] Three months later, Giphy integrated with Twitter to enable users to share GIFs by simply sharing a GIF's URL. [14]
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GIF was one of the first two image formats commonly used on Web sites, the other being the black-and-white XBM. [5] In September 1995 Netscape Navigator 2.0 added the ability for animated GIFs to loop. While GIF was developed by CompuServe, it used the Lempel–Ziv–Welch (LZW) lossless data compression algorithm patented by Unisys in 1985.
Stephen Earl Wilhite [2] (March 3, 1948 – March 14, 2022) was an American computer scientist who worked at CompuServe and was the engineering lead on the team that created the GIF image file format in 1987. GIF went on to become the de facto standard for 8-bit color images on the Internet until PNG (1996) became a widely supported alternative ...
Blackfishing, the act of non-Black social media users — often white women — presenting themselves online in ways that suggest they may be Black, can be seen as a form of digital blackface. This phenomenon can involve altering one's appearance to appear racially ambiguous or falsely implying Black identity, sometimes in an attempt to align ...
Anime enthusiasts have produced fan fiction and fan art, including computer wallpapers, and anime music videos (AMVs). [214] Many fans visit sites depicted in anime, games, manga and other forms of otaku culture. This behavior is known as "Anime pilgrimage". [215]
The eclectic mix of white and black vocal group influences – ranging from the rock and roll of Berry, the jazz harmonies of the Four Freshmen, the pop of the Four Preps, the folk of the Kingston Trio, the R&B of groups like the Coasters and the Five Satins, and the doo wop of Dion and the Belmonts – helped contribute to the Beach Boys ...