File Types Flashcards
1
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JPEG
A
- Joint Photographic Experts Group
- Used to store web images
- Lossy
- Doesn’t support animation/transparency
2
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TIFF
A
- Tagged Image File Format
- Used when scanning, it saves the scanned item as a bitmap image
- Lossless and Lossy
- Complex structure
3
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PNG
A
- Portable Network Graphics
- Lossless Compression
- Can contain transparency
4
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PICT
A
- Used for Bitmap images
- Can store Bitmap and Vector, Use true colour.
- Apple developed
- Surpassed by PDF
5
Q
GIF
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- Graphics Interchange Format
- Can be an animated sequence of images/Bitmap images
- Lossless compression
- Kept low by restricting the colour depth to just 8-bit colour.
6
Q
TXT
A
- Text File Type
- Stores character strings that can be viewed/edited by users.
7
Q
RTF
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- Rich Text Format
- Enables texts with some key formatting to be saved and exchanged
8
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CSV
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- Comma Separated Values
- Organising Data/separates data
- Stored in a tabular manner
- Used for Microsoft Excel
9
Q
A
- Portable Document Format
- Holds text, formatting and images
- Compressed file format
- Easier to read online, will appear the same on all devices