TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)

an electronic copy of a paper document in the form of an image, and as such contains no embedded text, fonts, images, or graphics (cf. PDF format). TIFFs are also compatible with a wide range of hardware and software platforms, and future development is not tied to any single company. TIFFs do not retain metadata from a source electronic document.

One of the most widely supported file formats for storing bit-mapped images. Files in TIFF format often end with a .tif extension.

A widely used bit-mapped graphics file format. This is essentially a picture of a document.