GIFs were originally created by American computer scientist Steve Wilhite in 1987 as a way to compress images for purposes of file downloading, animation, and simple graphics on the slow, low bandwidth dial-up Internet connections of the day.

GIF 最初由美国计算机科学家 Steve Wilhite 于 1987 年创建， 作为一种压缩图像的方式，用于在当今缓慢、低带宽的拨号 Internet 连接上下载文件、动画和简单的图形。