{"id":420745,"date":"2022-03-24T08:01:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T05:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/gif-inventor-steve-wilhite-dead-from-covid-19-complications\/"},"modified":"2022-03-24T08:01:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T05:01:24","slug":"gif-inventor-steve-wilhite-dead-from-covid-19-complications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gif-inventor-steve-wilhite-dead-from-covid-19-complications\/","title":{"rendered":"#GIF inventor Steve Wilhite dead from COVID-19 complications"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40b3e3e5c69\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40b3e3e5c69\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gif-inventor-steve-wilhite-dead-from-covid-19-complications\/#%E2%80%9CGIF_inventor_Steve_Wilhite_dead_from_COVID-19_complications%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;GIF inventor Steve Wilhite dead from COVID-19 complications&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CGIF_inventor_Steve_Wilhite_dead_from_COVID-19_complications%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;GIF inventor Steve Wilhite dead from COVID-19 complications&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Steve Wilhite, the computer scientist who created the popular GIF file format in 1987, died in intensive care last Monday from complications of COVID-19, a report said. <\/p>\n<p>He was 74. <\/p>\n<p>Wilhite contracted the virus just two weeks before his death and was hospitalized near their home in Milford, Ohio, his wife Kathaleen Wilhite <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/03\/23\/1088410133\/gif-creator-dead-steve-wilhite-kathaleen-wife-interview\">told NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt came on suddenly. He woke up one morning and he said, \u2018Honey, I don\u2019t feel good. I don\u2019t feel good at all,&#8217;\u201d Kathaleen recalled. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd he was running a fever, throwing up so badly. And then the next day he started coughing badly,\u201d she told the publication. <\/p>\n<p>Kathaleen said she was at home when she got a call from the hospital last Monday telling her she needed to get there. Shortly after she arrived, her husband died. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just so bad. It\u2019s just so tragic,\u201d she told NPR. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/chrome-capture-2022-2-24.gif?w=1024\" alt=\"Steven Wilhite accepts a Webby Award.\" class=\"wp-image-21640013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/chrome-capture-2022-2-24.gif?w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/chrome-capture-2022-2-24.gif 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/chrome-capture-2022-2-24.gif?w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Steven Wilhite accepts a Webby Award.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Giphy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wilhite invented the Graphics Interchange Format while working at CompuServe <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/Graphics\/GIF\/spec-gif87.txt\">in the late 80s<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The format, which enabled simple animation and utilized fast <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a> speeds, became widely used in the internet\u2019s infancy because it was supported by many applications and operating systems.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-small-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"231\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/steve-wilhite-422.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231\" alt=\"Steve Wilhite clarified that his famous file format was pronounced 'jif.'\" class=\"wp-image-21639796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/steve-wilhite-422.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=462 462w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/steve-wilhite-422.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=347 346w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/steve-wilhite-422.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/steve-wilhite-422.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=116 115w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/steve-wilhite-422.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\"\/><figcaption>Steve Wilhite clarified that his famous file format was pronounced \u201cjif.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bryan Bedder<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the turn of the century GIFs were omnipresent on MySpace, before becoming widely  used to create viral memes at the start of the 2010s.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years GIFs enjoyed a renaissance as they were adopted by modern <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> and texting platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their wide usage, most people mispronounce the format.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013 Wilhite clarified that there was no hard \u201cG\u201d sound in the word, and said it should be pronounced \u201cjif,\u201d like the peanut butter brand, in an interview with The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>His expertise was denounced by then-President Barack Obama, who said he would pronounce it like \u201cgift\u201d without the last letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is my official position. I\u2019ve pondered it a long time,\u201d Obama tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Wilhite was once America Online\u2019s chief architect and received the Webby Lifetime Achievement Award, his obit said.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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