"PNG" is always spelled* "PNG" (or "Portable Network Graphics") and always pronounced "ping" in English, not "pinj" or "pee en gee" or any other multi-syllabic disaster. (For non-English speakers, the three-letter pronunciation is fine, however.)
The PNG (Portable Network Graphics) [1] format was originally designed to replace the GIF format.
The simple answer is that PNGs offer lossless compression and JPEG files don't. This means, unlike JPEGs, PNGs don't lose any of their image data when they're compressed. On the flipside, lossless compression tends to make PNGs much bigger files than JPEGs, so they require more storage space.
Portable Network Graphics (PNG, officially pronounced /pɪŋ/ PING, colloquially pronounced /ˌpiːɛnˈdʒiː/ PEE-en-JEE) is a raster-graphics file format that supports lossless data compression.
PNG is short for Portable Network Graphic, a type of raster image file. It's particularly popular file type with web designers because it can handle graphics with transparent or semi-transparent backgrounds.
Break 'image' down into sounds: [IM] + [IJ] - say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them.
June 1987:
Steve Wilhite releases the Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF, while working for Compuserve. He called it a GIF with a soft g. “Choosy developers,“ he reportedly said, “choose JIF.” This was of course a play on the peanut butter brand Jif's line “choosy mothers choose Jif.”
Administration of the Protectorate was shared between Britain and the colonies of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, but in 1906 full control of this area was handed to the Commonwealth of Australia and renamed the Australian Territory of Papua.
Following the passage of the Papua New Guinea Independence Act 1975, during the term of the Whitlam government in Australia, the Territory became the Independent State of Papua New Guinea and attained independence on 16 September 1975.
The nation of Papua New Guinea achieved its independence from Australia on 16 September 1975.
In Old English the g had two pronunciations: one with a 'j' sound, and the other with a 'y' sound. When 'g' proceeded 'i,' it would take the 'y' sound. No hard 'gi' sound existed until Scandinavians migrated to England, bringing the hard variant with them.
There's no single correct way to pronounce caramel. The three most popular pronunciations of caramel are: “KARR-mul,” “KARR-uh-mel,” and “KARR-uh-mul.” Generally, British speakers prefer the pronunciation “KARR-uh-mel,” while different regions in America favor all three pronunciations.
And, in a flash, it all became clear: “It's pronounced JIF, not GIF.” Of course, in the grand tradition of heated debate, a flat statement of fact by the creator wasn't enough to sway some partisans. On Twitter, “GIF” became a trending topic as some folks pushed back.
Wilhite and the team who developed the file format included in the technical specifications that the acronym was to be pronounced with a soft g. In the specifications, the team wrote that "choosy programmers choose ... 'jif'", in homage to the peanut butter company Jif's advertising slogan of "choosy moms choose Jif".
In general, Australian pronunciations are more similar to British English pronunciations than to American pronunciations. While American English puts the stress on the final syllable, Australian English and British English stress an earlier syllable.
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is a file format used for lossless image compression.
A PNG file is a file format image used by many editing programs and software. It is a lossless format and is often used in photos you find all over the internet. Unlike JPEGs, saving the PNG format digital file doesn't reduce its quality.
Some of the top benefits of PNG images include: It is a lossless compression process, meaning that you do not have to worry about losing large chunks of the data as the compression process takes place. This is a great option for images that have a lot of text and for screenshots taken with a mobile device.