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'''TIFF''', formerly known as '''Tag(ged) Image File Format''', is an image format capable of storing multiple high quality images in a single file.
 
'''TIFF''', formerly known as '''Tag(ged) Image File Format''', is an image format capable of storing multiple high quality images in a single file.
  
A TIFF image may be uncompressed or use a compression scheme internally.  The most widely used compression schemes in TIFF files are lossless, including [[LZW]] and, for bitonal images [[G4]], as used for facsimile transmission [fax].
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A TIFF image may be uncompressed or use a compression scheme internally.  The most widely used compression schemes in TIFF files are lossless, including [[LZW]] and, for bitonal images [[CCITT Group 4]], as used for facsimile transmission [fax].
  
 
== Specifications ==
 
== Specifications ==

Revision as of 20:27, 11 November 2012

File Format
Name TIFF
Ontology
Extension(s) .tiff, .tif
MIME Type(s) image/tiff
PRONOM fmt/353

TIFF, formerly known as Tag(ged) Image File Format, is an image format capable of storing multiple high quality images in a single file.

A TIFF image may be uncompressed or use a compression scheme internally. The most widely used compression schemes in TIFF files are lossless, including LZW and, for bitonal images CCITT Group 4, as used for facsimile transmission [fax].

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