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TIFF

By Kyle Schurman, About.com

Definition: TIFF, short for Tagged Image File Format, is a type of formatting used to store digital photo files. TIFF uses only a slight compression to reduce the file size.

TIFF isn't available on many beginner-level digital cameras. TIFF files do not lose image file information when undergoing the compression, meaning they take up a lot of space on a memory card, but they also don't lose image quality.

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