GIF 发明人感染新冠去世
GIF 图片格式的发明者 Steve Wilhite 最近因新冠去世，享年 74 岁。他是在 1980 年代受雇于 CompuServe 期间发明了 GIF 格式。GIF 代表 Graphics Interchange Format，今天它是各种网络迷因的代名词，但在互联网诞生早期，它是作为一种分发高质量高分辨率图形的方式创造出来的。
他表示 GIF 的读音是 jif 不是 GIF。他在 2000 年代初退休，之后的大部分时间花在旅行、野营和做模型火车上。
—— theverge，solidot
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