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'''PNG''' (Portable Network Graphics) is an open, extensible image file format with loss-less compression.
'''Portable Network Graphics''' (abbreviated '''PNG''') is an extensible image file format for the lossless compression of raster images. PNG is an image format (along with [[JPEG]], [[GIF]], and sometimes [[TIFF]] or [[bitmap|BMP]]) usable on the [[world wide web]] for almost all web browsers as of 2011. PNG provides a patent-free replacement for GIF files, and for some TIFF's. Indexed-color, grayscale, and truecolor images are supported, plus an optional alpha channel for transparency.
 
PNG is an extensible file format for the lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of raster images. PNG provides a patent-free replacement for GIF and can also replace many common uses of TIFF. Indexed-color, grayscale, and truecolor images are supported, plus an optional alpha channel for transparency. Sample depths range from 1 to 16 bits per component (up to 48bit images for RGB, or 64bit for RGBA).

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Portable Network Graphics (abbreviated PNG) is an extensible image file format for the lossless compression of raster images. PNG is an image format (along with JPEG, GIF, and sometimes TIFF or BMP) usable on the world wide web for almost all web browsers as of 2011. PNG provides a patent-free replacement for GIF files, and for some TIFF's. Indexed-color, grayscale, and truecolor images are supported, plus an optional alpha channel for transparency.

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