What is the full form of PNG

What is the full form of PNG

PNG: Portable Network Graphics

PNG stands for Portable Network Graphics. It is the most frequently used uncompressed raster image (bit-mapped) format on the computer.

This format was created to replace the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF). PNG file format is an open format with no copyright limitations. Like GIF images, PNG also have the ability to display transparent backgrounds. In addition to that, PNG files are capable of containing 24bit RGB color palettes and greyscale images. 

History

Portable Network Graphics Format was developed in early 1995. The main reason behind its development was the limitation of 256 colors only in GIF.

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