The Graphics Interchange Format ( GIF ; or ) is a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability.

Because of this, as well as its formatting and usage of emoticons, this novel is similar to what emerged a decade later as the blog format.

A complete specification of RTP for a particular application usage will require a profile and payload format specification ( s ).

The more recent usage of the term ' tabloid ' refers to weekly or semi-weekly newspapers in tabloid format.

These figures, however, do not include usage of the rival web feed format Atom.

The next format to gain widespread usage was the 1 " ( 2. 54 cm ) Type C format from 1976 onward.

A filename extension is a suffix ( separated from the base filename by a dot ) to the name of a computer file applied to indicate the encoding ( file format ) of its contents or usage.

The format is proprietary to Adobe ; however, widespread usage of Adobe's software allows this type of card to be easily viewed on most of today's computers.

The LSB-specified RPM format has a restricted subset of RPM features — to block usage of RPM features that would be untranslatable to. deb with Alien or other package conversion programs, and vice versa, as each format has capabilities the other lacks.

The Polaroid 20 × 24 camera is one of the largest format instant cameras currently in common usage, and can be hired from Polaroid agents in various countries.

The regular area contains extensions that have been proven stable enough for everyday use and is broken down into different areas such as " apps ", " net ", " system ", and " uci " (" Universal Compressed ISO "-Extensions in. uci format are mounted as a separate filesystem to minimize RAM usage ).

Although the general format of METAR reports is a global standard, the specific fields used within that format vary somewhat between general international usage and usage within North America.

This usage is encouraged by the book's format, which emphasizes the gods ' physical abilities over their religious significance.

Per its Rogers parent, the station is a contemporary hit radio, even though the station's parent reduced usage of the hot AC format.

Also defines the usage and data format of the data objects ( that carry resource reservation information ) defined by RSVP in RFC 2205.

A data dictionary, or metadata repository, as defined in the IBM Dictionary of Computing, is a " centralized repository of information about data such as meaning, relationships to other data, origin, usage, and format.

For example, BSD and GNU specify a < tt >- h </ tt > option, displaying disk usage in a format easier to read by the user, adding units with the appropriate SI prefix ( e. g. 10 MB ).

In the early 1990s, usage of this format with games was widespread across platforms, with games on PC and Nintendo systems utilizing it, as well.

Each format offers advantages and disadvantages which become more or less important in different usage settings ( e. g. studio vs sport, indoor vs outdoor, wide angle vs telephoto ).

While sovereignty has roots in antiquity, in its present usage it is essentially modern.

Semantic ambiguity arises when a word or concept has an inherently diffuse meaning based on widespread or informal usage.

In more modern English usage, the term " adobe " has come to include a style of architecture popular in the desert climates of North America, especially in New Mexico.

The abbreviation " andy ", coined as a pejorative by writer Philip K. Dick in his novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep ?, has seen some further usage, such as within the TV series Total Recall 2070.

The term anti-Semitic has been used on occasion to include bigotry against other Semitic-language peoples such as Arabs, but such usage is not widely accepted.

In some expressions it retains this pan-American sense, but its usage has evolved over time and, for various historical reasons, the word came to denote people or things specifically from the United States of America.

This usage has been regarded as Eurocentric by some, and the alternative terms Lesser Antarctica and Greater Antarctica ( respectively ) are sometimes preferred.

Widespread usage of antibacterial drugs in hospitals has also been associated with increases in bacterial strains and species that no longer respond to treatment with the most common antibacterials.

As Ásatrú implies a focus on polytheistic belief in the Æsir usage of the term in Scandinavia has declined somewhat.

In modern ground forces ' usage, the meaning of armour has expanded to include the role of troops in combat.

From this widening usage has come the more modern sense of the word.

Since the development of cannon, the word " artillery " in practice has largely meant cannon ; in contemporary usage it usually refers to shell-firing guns, howitzers, mortars, and rockets.

There has also been controversy about the role of pharmaceutical companies in marketing and promoting antipsychotics, including allegations of downplaying or covering up adverse effects, expanding the number of conditions or illegally promoting off-label usage ; influencing drug trials ( or their publication ) to try to show that the expensive and profitable newer atypicals were superior to the older cheaper typicals that were out of patent.

For example, one meta-analysis reviewing human brain lesions has shown a left hemisphere bias during tool usage.

In the face of screen-reader software, braille usage has declined.

However, as of 2011 adoption of the new terms has been slow and usage has been limited in the marketplace and in the press, with notable exceptions such as Linux operating systems, several textbooks and scientific research papers.

Unlike a number of other countries, rail travel in the United Kingdom has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years with kilometres / miles travelled matching and surpassing the highs of the 1940s ( see usage figures below ).

BCI has coordinated usage of the language since 1971 for augmentative and alternative communication.

The distinctions also reflect an important and significant technical difference between memory and mass storage devices, which has been blurred by the historical usage of the term storage.

Home to 120 species of fish and at least that many species of birds, the lake has shrunk dramatically in the last four decades due to the increased water from an expanding population usage and low rainfall.

Under the plan which starts within 90 days, Bell will be able to charge wholesale service providers a flat monthly fee to connect to its network, and for a set monthly usage limit per each ISP customer the ISP has.

In the case of persons that common usage has called saints from " time immemorial " ( in practice, since before 1500 or so ), the Church may carry out a " confirmation of cultus ", which is much simpler.

The recent increase of catfish farming in the Mississippi Delta has brought about an increase in its usage in Cajun cuisine in the place of the more traditional wild-caught trout ( the saltwater species ) and red fish.

Second language varieties of English in Africa and Asia have often undergone " indigenisation "; that is, each English-speaking community has developed ( or is in the process of developing ) its own standards of usage, often under the influence of local languages.