Netscape and Internet Explorer can only show 216 colors, whereas the eye can see millions. The process browsers use to compensate is called dithering. Browsers try to create an approximate version of the color they don't have. Sometimes it succeeds, and other times the results are dismal. Electronic mail is much like its physical sibling.
Users send electronic messages to specific email addresses.
They wait there in virtual mailboxes until recipients pick them up. Email can be sent via the Internet as well as through online services such as CoastNet and America Online. Graphics Interchange Format. Most of the graphics on the web are GIF files. This is because they are supported by almost all web browsers.