GIFn.

Brit.

/ɡɪf/,

/dʒɪf/, U.S.

/ɡɪf/,

/dʒɪf/

Forms: Also with lower-case initials.

Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English Graphics Interchange Format.

Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of Graphics Interchange Format.

Computing.

A standard format for encoding images as compressed colour bitmap graphics files which enables them to be displayed, stored, and transmitted between networks. Also: an image encoded in this format; a file in which such an image is held (named with the file extension .gif). Frequently attributive.

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1987 InfoWorld (Nexis) 15 June 25 Compuserve Inc. announced a file format that allows users of incompatible PCs to exchange graphics files. The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) allows Macintoshes, IBM PCs, PC XTs, PC ATs, PC-compatible computers, Atari STs, and Commodore Amiga PCs to exchange graphics files.

1993 Compute Jan. 68/1 The program offers..the ability to view CompuServe GIF pictures as you download them.

1995 .net Feb. 73/1 If you can't save pictures as gifs, then now is a good time to find yourself a picture converter.

2003 Internet Advisor Nov. 32/2 When using animated GIFs, do so sparingly, because the jagged nature of their animation is jarring, and can be annoying if there are many of them on a page.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gifconj.

Brit.

/ɡɪf/, U.S.

/ɡɪf/, Scottish English

/ɡɪf/

Forms: Middle English–1500s giff(e, gyf(fe, (Middle English gyve, 1500s geif, geve, gewe, giwe), 1500s giue, Middle English– gif.

Etymology: An alteration of Middle English gif, if conj.It has not been certainly traced beyond the 15th cent. (the manuscripts of Barbour having been written in 1487–9). Probably it was due to the influence of give v., in which a form with a guttural similarly took the place of an earlier form with a palatal. Compare gin conj.¹

Scottish and northern dialect.

1. Introducing a condition: = if conj. Also gif that. Now rare.

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c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. v. 107 Gyve þai couth, þai suld declere Of þat gret dystans þe matere.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 391 Gentill men gif ȝe be, Leiff ws sum part, we pray, for cheryte.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 12 I wald fayne set my will Giff my wyt mycht suffice yartill.

1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. A3^v Geue that thare ony places be More creuell than vthers, in degre [etc.].

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 5/2 And gyue he were so holye, yet [etc.].

1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 15 b Giue nothinge be iugit mair sueit and plaisant thane þis lyfe..how mekil [etc.].

c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) i. viii. §4 Gif they speak not soe, I wald understand quhy they wryte not as they speak.

1794 Har'st Rig lii. 19 Gif like your tongue were your twa hands, Nae help you'd need.

1827 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxxiii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 897 Gif it was the last word I was ever to speak in this warld, it was God's truth.

1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 29 Gif bless'd wi' freedom, ye can flee Wi' angel haste Through heaven's starr'd empire ye will be A prying ghaist.

1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. Gif, if. A casual form, mostly heard in Nidderdale.

†2. Introducing an object clause: = whether conj.¹ 4 Also gif that. Obsolete.

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1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 206 I can nocht tell gif that he wes his bruther.

1567 in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 247 [Bothwell] is minded to..bring her [the queen] to Dunbar. Judge you gif it be with her will or no?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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释义	GIFn. Brit. /ɡɪf/, /dʒɪf/, U.S. /ɡɪf/, /dʒɪf/ Forms: Also with lower-case initials. Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English Graphics Interchange Format. Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of Graphics Interchange Format. Computing. A standard format for encoding images as compressed colour bitmap graphics files which enables them to be displayed, stored, and transmitted between networks. Also: an image encoded in this format; a file in which such an image is held (named with the file extension .gif). Frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1987 InfoWorld (Nexis) 15 June 25 Compuserve Inc. announced a file format that allows users of incompatible PCs to exchange graphics files. The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) allows Macintoshes, IBM PCs, PC XTs, PC ATs, PC-compatible computers, Atari STs, and Commodore Amiga PCs to exchange graphics files. 1993 Compute Jan. 68/1 The program offers..the ability to view CompuServe GIF pictures as you download them. 1995 .net Feb. 73/1 If you can't save pictures as gifs, then now is a good time to find yourself a picture converter. 2003 Internet Advisor Nov. 32/2 When using animated GIFs, do so sparingly, because the jagged nature of their animation is jarring, and can be annoying if there are many of them on a page. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gifconj. Brit. /ɡɪf/, U.S. /ɡɪf/, Scottish English /ɡɪf/ Forms: Middle English–1500s giff(e, gyf(fe, (Middle English gyve, 1500s geif, geve, gewe, giwe), 1500s giue, Middle English– gif. Etymology: An alteration of Middle English gif, if conj.It has not been certainly traced beyond the 15th cent. (the manuscripts of Barbour having been written in 1487–9). Probably it was due to the influence of give v., in which a form with a guttural similarly took the place of an earlier form with a palatal. Compare gin conj.¹ Scottish and northern dialect. 1. Introducing a condition: = if conj. Also gif that. Now rare. ΚΠ c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. v. 107 Gyve þai couth, þai suld declere Of þat gret dystans þe matere. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 391 Gentill men gif ȝe be, Leiff ws sum part, we pray, for cheryte. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 12 I wald fayne set my will Giff my wyt mycht suffice yartill. 1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. A3^v Geue that thare ony places be More creuell than vthers, in degre [etc.]. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 5/2 And gyue he were so holye, yet [etc.]. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 15 b Giue nothinge be iugit mair sueit and plaisant thane þis lyfe..how mekil [etc.]. c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) i. viii. §4 Gif they speak not soe, I wald understand quhy they wryte not as they speak. 1794 Har'st Rig lii. 19 Gif like your tongue were your twa hands, Nae help you'd need. 1827 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxxiii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 897 Gif it was the last word I was ever to speak in this warld, it was God's truth. 1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 29 Gif bless'd wi' freedom, ye can flee Wi' angel haste Through heaven's starr'd empire ye will be A prying ghaist. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. Gif, if. A casual form, mostly heard in Nidderdale. †2. Introducing an object clause: = whether conj.¹ 4 Also gif that. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 206 I can nocht tell gif that he wes his bruther. 1567 in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 247 [Bothwell] is minded to..bring her [the queen] to Dunbar. Judge you gif it be with her will or no? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1987conj.c1425
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