E-business Infrastructure – Media standards

•GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) A graphics format and compression algorithm best used for simple graphics

•JPEG (Joint Photographics Experts Group) A graphics format and compression algorithm best used for photographs

•Streaming media. Sound and video that can be experienced within a web browser before the whole clip is downloaded e.g. Real Networks .rm format

•Video standards include MPEG and .AVI

•Sound standards include MP3 and WMA