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What are some advantages of GIF?

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GIF is a relatively old format that has three advantages over some other graphic formats:

- size since it only stores a maximum of 256 colors
- it allows for animated images (mng tried to be its successor, but is not so wide spread as gif)
- due to its "age", it is supported by virtually any graphic application

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