PNG Full Form | What is Portable Network Graphics

What is the full form of PNG


PNG: Portable Network Graphics

PNG stands for Portable Network Graphics. It is a format for storing bit-mapped (raster) images on computer. It is also known as a successor of GIF format images. It uses the less compression technique to save images like GIF file but without copyright issues. It contains a bitmap of indexed color so it is also called bit-mapped image.

PNG full form

History

Portable Network Graphics Format was developed in early 1995. The main reason behind its development was the limitation of 256 colors only in GIF. PNG has a file extension ".png".

Advantage

PNG provides low-resolution images that look good and load quickly.

PNG Gas

PNG is a liquefied natural gas. Originally, it was a project to develop linked gas field in the Western Provinces of Papua New Guinea.