Otter@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agoTIL that 'asdf' is a proposed replacement data format for astronomical images and other scientific dataen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkTIL that 'asdf' is a proposed replacement data format for astronomical images and other scientific dataen.wikipedia.orgOtter@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square15linkfedilinkfile-text
I mashed my keyboard and that Wikipedia article came up. More links: https://www.asdf-format.org/projects/asdf-standard/en/1.1.1/ https://github.com/asdf-format/asdf
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoTagged Image File Format It was created before creativity was discovered.
minus-squareI_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoWas it used by fax machines?
minus-squarewatsonlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoI don’t know about fax machines but a lot of scanners used it. You can also have multi-page .tiff files of lossless images, though they’re generally huge files.
minus-square7uWqKj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoYou’re confusing it with TGIF, or Today’s Girls in Files, an ancient file format for animated erotica with poor colour depth.
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Tagged Image File Format
It was created before creativity was discovered.
Was it used by fax machines?
I don’t know about fax machines but a lot of scanners used it. You can also have multi-page .tiff files of lossless images, though they’re generally huge files.
You’re confusing it with TGIF, or Today’s Girls in Files, an ancient file format for animated erotica with poor colour depth.