.gif is a file format. Most commonly .gif files are animations or images with a short 5-10 second effect. Non-animation image file formats are: .Jpeg and .PNG.
A Graphics Interchange Format file is a picture format file.
.gif
.Gif is a file format itself. Gif files are normally short animations or images with short 5 second effects. Other common image files are: .Jpg and .Png
GIF
It is an image file, not video. GIF file format support more pictures in one file to create and view it as short animation, but this not a video.
A gif file has information that cannot be directly editing it just by modifying it as raw text. If you open your .GIF in notepad, you will see what I mean.
.gif is a picture format they can be either a animated picture or a still
Graphic Interchange Format (file extension)
GIF or bitmap (bmp)
Animated images would use a .gif format.
It is a Graphics Interchange Format file. GIFs can be moving or animated, but not always. It is also good for simple graphics, with not too much detail. They are common on the World Wide Web.
A GIF image can hold up to 256 different colors per image.