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 ...

Now, back in the day, the computer scientist who created GIF, Steve Wilhite of the popular online service CompuServe, indicated otherwise: GIF was meant to be pronounced as "Jif." Sticking to ...

They’re pronounced like a brand of peanut butter. Steve Wilhite created the Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF, while working for Compuserve in 1987. On Tuesday, he received a Webby Award for ...

Thanks to the humble GIF, no emotions are too big or small to capture in animated image form. Developer Steve Wilhite and his team at tech giant CompuServe had a problem to solve: how to make a ...