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PNG

  1.       

    computer image format that employs lossless data compression

  2.       

    stands for Portable Network Graphics

  3.       

    format was created because in early 1995 it was revealed that the LZW algorithm used in the GIF format had been patented by Unisys

  4.       

    created to improve upon and replace the GIF format

  5.       

    pronounced "ping"

  6.       

    acronym PNG is optionally recursive, unofficially standing for “PNG's Not GIF”

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