What is the difference between .mh and .gif?
- Extension
- .mh
- .gif
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Fax
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
- CompuServe
- Description
- The MH (Modified Huffman) file type is associated with fax documents, particularly those conforming to the T.4 standard for fax transmission over telephone lines. It employs a compression method known as Modified Huffman coding, which is a form of run-length encoding used to efficiently compress the monochrome images typically found in fax documents. This compression technique helps in reducing the file size without losing the essential details of the faxed document, facilitating faster transmission speeds. MH files are part of the broader group of fax file formats, which also includes MR (Modified Read) and MMR (Modified Modified Read), each offering different levels of compression and quality.
- A GIF file is an image file often used for web graphics. It may contain up to 256 indexed colors with a color palette that may be a predefined set of colors or may be adapted to the colors in the image. GIF files are saved in a lossless format, meaning the clarity of the image is not compromised with GIF compression.
- MIME Type
- image/vnd.fujixerox.edmics-mmr
- image/gif
- Sample
- sample.gif
- Wikipedia
- .gif on Wikipedia