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HEIF

  • /ˈhiːɪf/

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of High Efficiency Image File, a container format for storing individual images and image sequences. The HEIF format is not yet the de facto image file at the time of writing. Apple, Inc. adopted HEIF for image media storage on iOS in 2017.

noun HEIFs

  1. An image file in the HEIF format.

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@misc{heif_2026,
  title = {HEIF},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heif},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}