Learn in the textbookFile Formats for Still Images and Documents
DefinitionTIFF is an image format that records attributes such as resolution and color type in tags (タグ) and lets you choose whether and how to compress when saving.
ExplanationIt can save either uncompressed or with lossless compression, so it is used for scanner captures and print-ready originals where images must be kept without losing quality. One file can also hold images of several pages, which suits scanning a stack of paper documents and keeping them together.
AnalogyIt is like a storage box with a sticky note on each item explaining it. Whoever opens it can read the notes and see how everything was packed.
Memory hookIt stands for Tagged Image File Format, and the leading word Tagged announces that it is a format with tags.