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In addition, a number of client libraries exist for dierent programming languages (e.g.
PHP, Ruby), making life a little easier for the developer.
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Flickr ocially supports JPEGs, non-animated GIFs, and PNGs. Users can also upload
TIFFs and some other le types, but they will automatically be converted to and stored in
JPEG format. Each photo has a sequentially allocated ID which is added during the upload
process. e lowest ID is 74—the rst photo ever uploaded to the service.
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11.2.4 Research
In this section we will discuss some of the research that is being undertaken into photo-
sharing services, and tease out some ...