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Stephen E. Wilhite, the inventor of the first GIF (a.k.a.
the Graphics Interchange Format),died last weekat the age of 74.
He reportedly passed away from COVID-19 complications.
The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations, he said.
It is a softG, pronounced jif.
We are indebted to the creativity and vision of Mr. Wilhite.
With it, Giphy reshared the first, trailblazing GIF Wilhite ever made:
