atw: Re: Is 'GIF format' a pleonasm?

Jessica Kloiber-Deane:
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:46:22 +0800,  you wrote:
> Hello, I recently subscribed to austechwriter and thereafter I
> have been silently amused by the degree of fastidiousness. I
> have been very entertained!
>
> I have two questions: considering GIF is an acronym for
> Graphics Interchange Format, is 'GIF format' a redundant
> phrase? 

Not so much a redundant phrase as a redundant thingy. 
User PNG instead.  It's a better format (Portable Network Graphics format).
  


If so, is the phrase 'JPEG format' technically correct?

Given that JPEG is a group, yes.    (Joint Photographic Experts Group invented 
it.)
Lossy. 

> Regards,
> Jessica Kloiber-Deane.
>
> jessica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.elementpublishing.com.au


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