File Types

Question 1

JPEG

Answer 1

• Joint Photographic Experts Group
• Used to store web images
• Lossy
• Doesn’t support animation/transparency

Question 2

TIFF

Answer 2

• Tagged Image File Format
• Used when scanning, it saves the scanned item as a bitmap image
• Lossless and Lossy
• Complex structure

Question 3

PNG

Answer 3

• Portable Network Graphics
• Lossless Compression
• Can contain transparency

Question 4

PICT

Answer 4

• Used for Bitmap images
• Can store Bitmap and Vector, Use true colour.
• Apple developed
• Surpassed by PDF

Question 5

GIF

Answer 5

• Graphics Interchange Format
• Can be an animated sequence of images/Bitmap images
• Lossless compression
• Kept low by restricting the colour depth to just 8-bit colour.

Question 6

TXT

Answer 6

• Text File Type
• Stores character strings that can be viewed/edited by users.

Question 7

RTF

Answer 7

• Rich Text Format
• Enables texts with some key formatting to be saved and exchanged

Question 8

CSV

Answer 8

• Comma Separated Values
• Organising Data/separates data
• Stored in a tabular manner
• Used for Microsoft Excel

Question 9

PDF

Answer 9

• Portable Document Format
• Holds text, formatting and images
• Compressed file format
• Easier to read online, will appear the same on all devices