 PNG (source code)

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= PNG
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= Portable Network Graphics
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<PNG> is a <file format> for <raster images> with <lossless source coding> of the encoded image data. Its first W3C Recommendation, dated 1 October 1996, described a portable replacement for earlier image formats; this situates the design in exchanging images reliably between systems.https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-png-961001[W3C, PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Specification, 1 October 1996, status and abstract]{ref}

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