A single-pixel GIF file set to a transparent status and thus invisible. Also known as a "transparent GIF," "1-by-1 GIF" and "clear GIF," it is is used as a tracking mechanism for Web pages to monitor ...

A GIF image that gradually comes into focus. Instead of displaying a line at a time from top to bottom, lines at various intervals throughout the frame are displayed until all the lines are filled in.

It looks like some of the $55m Giphy raised recently was burning a hole in its pocket: GifGrabber, one of the most popular apps for making animated Gifs on a Mac, is now part of the Giphy family, and ...