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WebP

WebP is a raster graphics file format developed by Google and intended as a replacement for the JPEG, PNG, and GIF file formats on the web. It supports image compression (both lossy and lossless), as well as animation and alpha compositing. The sister project for video is called WebM.

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Contained by
Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF)
Developed by
Google
Free format?
Yes
Initial release
30 September 2010; 15 years ago (2010-09-30)
Internet media type
image/webp
Magic number
52 49 46 46 xx xx xx xx 57 45 42 50 56 50 38

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WebP

Nodes110
Edges109
Triples157
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018182
Components1

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WebP

Top relations

see also · 27
WebP → Animated Portable Network Graphics, Apple, AV1, AVIF, BPG, Comparison, FLIF, From, HDR, HEIF, HEVC, High Efficiency Video Coding, Joint Photographic Experts Group, JPEG, JPEG LS, JPEG XL, JPEG XR, JPEG2000, MNG, Moreover
related to history · 18
WebP → As, BSD, Exif, Extended File Format, Google, ICC, It, JPEG, October, On, On2 Technologies, September, The, Tiling, VP8, WebM, WebP-related, XMP
related to Graphics software · 17
WebP → Acorn, Adobe Photoshop, After WebP, By, FastPictureViewer, Free Photoshop, GIMP, Google, In, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Over, Pixelmator, September, Telegraphics, Windows Imaging Component, Windows Photo Viewer
related to Technology · 16
WebP → As, Both, DC, Each, Hadamard, Mispredicted, Resource Interchange File Format, RIFF, The, There, TrueMotion, VP8, Walsh, WebP's, Without, YCbCr
related to Other programs · 15
WebP → Android, FFmpeg, Gmail, Google App Engine, Google Photos, Google Search, Meanwhile, NUL, Skia, Support, The Instant Previews, VP8, VP8/VP9, WebM, WebP RIFF
related to Vulnerability · 11
WebP → Apple Security Engineering, Architecture, Chromium-based, Citizen Lab, CVE-2023-4863, CVSS, DoS, Google Chrome, In September, RCE, SEAR
related to Disadvantages and criticism · 10
WebP → AVIF, Due, HEIC, It, Like VP8, Lossless WebP, RGBA, VP8L, Web Map Services, YUV
related to Lossless compression · 7
WebP → Google, Huffman, It, Jyrki Alakuijala, This, VP8, WebP's
related to Web browsers · 6
WebP → As, Google, JPEG, PageSpeed Insights, PNG, The
related to WebP 2 · 6
WebP → AVIF's, Google, June, October, On, README

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google support format jpeg lossless image version compression images web color supports lossy file released browsers supporting also graphics library

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WebPContained byResource Interchange File Format (RIFF)1.00infobox
WebPDeveloped byGoogle1.00infobox
WebPFilename extension.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .webp1.00infobox
WebPFree format?Yes1.00infobox
WebPInitial release30 September 2010; 15 years ago (2010-09-30)1.00infobox
WebPInternet media typeimage/webp1.00infobox
WebPMagic number52 49 46 46 xx xx xx xx 57 45 42 50 56 50 381.00infobox
WebPOpen format?Yes1.00infobox
WebPStandard.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
WebPType of formatImage file format with lossless and lossy compression1.00infobox
WebPUniform Type Identifier (UTI)org.webmproject.webp1.00infobox
WebPWebsitedevelopers.google.com/speed/webp1.00infobox
WebPis araster graphics file format developed by Google and intended as a replacement for the JPEG0.90text

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