Dan Q (scatmania) wrote,
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Evolving Computer Words: "GIF"

This is part of a series of posts on computer terminology whose popular meaning - determined by surveying my friends - has significantly diverged from its original/technical one. Read more evolving words...

The language we use is always changing, like how the word "cute" was originally a

https://danq.me/2019/11/12/gif/
Tags: browser wars, compuserve, computers, evolving computer words, gif, history, standards, technology
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