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The appearance of the World Wide Web was in great deal the result of the need to incorporate graphics with text on the Internet, which was at that time almost completely text-based. Modern browsers can display GIF (up to 256 colors) and JPEG (true color, DCT compression) images internally.
Many programs, so called viewers, can be used as helper applications to show other formats. In recent times many plug-ins appeared. Poplar graphics types supported include .TIFF, .PCX, .BMP, and many other.
