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What are PNG files?

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:02:34 +0100

Answer: PNG (pronounced “Ping”) files are files saved in a relatively new format. The purpose of PNG, or Portable Network Graphics, files is to go above and beyond the GIF file format as well as to bypass the patent licenses of other formats. PNG files are similar to GIF files, but provide more depth of color.

What is the difference between a JPEG and GIF file?

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:00:08 +0100

Answer: The two principal image formats on the Internet, both JPG and GIF files are a way of showing graphics. Although they have many similarities, the two formats have different strengths and weaknesses, and are typically used in different circumstances.

What is a PDF File?

Sat, 23 May 2009 02:15:42 +0100

Answer: A Portable Document Format (PDF) File, is file format unique to the company Adobe Systems, but widely used in virtually all fields. Created in 1993, PDF files have become extremely useful and many businesses and websites offer information, brochures, and other written material in this downloadable form.

What is a BMP file?

Mon, 18 May 2009 10:16:59 +0100

Answer: The acronym and file extension BMP (.bmp) translates to a shortcut of the term 'BitMaP'. BMP files are image files such as are used on some Microsoft Windows and OS/2 operating systems. Bitmap files are considered 'device-independent', in that they are accessible by various applications and systems.

What is a PDF file?

Mon, 18 May 2009 09:21:29 +0100

Answer: The acronym and file extension PDF (.pdf) stands for 'Portable Document Format'; which means, simply put, that such files can be accessed (generally as 'read-only') by an application other than the one the original files were made with. The early PDF files were sort of 'scanned duplicates' of other document files, with little or no editing capabilities.