The Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF, was first developed by computer scientist working at CompuServe back in 1987. And while it has swelled or dipped, the debate over how to pronounce the acronym ...

According to Giphy chief operating officer Adam Leibsohn, GIF is pronounced with a hard G – and it is the future of digital communication. Here’s why. GIFs allow consumers to more easily express ...

Since the advent of the personal computer, a fierce pronunciation debate has raged across the globe — and now two brands have joined together to settle things once and for all. Jif is the peanut ...

If you used a “soft G” like in "jelly" to pronounce the popular peanut butter brand, you got it right. And if you went with a hard “G” like in "goodie" for those frequently shared looping videos, you ...

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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. First introduced to the world by Compuserve in 1987, the graphics ...

There’s nothing more to add to this argument; acolytes of the soft “G” can cite the preferences of the creator himself, while those who favored the hard “G” continued to do so, secure in the knowledge ...

We get asked a lot of questions about GIFs. Like, why are GIFs the fastest-growing media format on the Web? Or, why could words be a thing of the past? But there is one question we get asked more than ...

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Snapchat and Instagram have temporarily removed their Giphy GIF sticker features after users saw an extremely racist GIF as an option to add to their images. Snapchat confirms to TechCrunch “As soon ...

Editor’s Note: This story originally published in March 2018. We’re republishing the piece following news that Stephen Wilhite, one of the lead creators of the GIF, died earlier this month after ...