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data portability and files - Coggle Diagram
data portability and files
data portability
the ability to move, copy or transfer data between software packages, operating systems or hardware devices
a file is highly portable if...
can be opened with lots of different types of programmes
data can be displayed the same across different platforms
file can be opened on different operating systems
data transfer files
JPEG
joint photographic experts group
compressed image file
lossy compression
high portability between computer systems
good for websites
TIFF
tagged image file format
stores bitmap images
compressed image
highly portable
used in OCR scanning
PNG
portable network graphics
can contain transparent graphics
lossless compression
highly portable
PICT
picture
not portable
from the original apple macintosh
can store bitmap and vector images
GIF
graphic interchange format
can be animated
very small file size
data transfer text
TXT
text/plain text file
only has letters and numbers
no formating (italic bold etc.)
no compression
small file