Original: Tagged Image File Format ( abbreviated TIFF ) is a file format for storing images , popular among Apple Macintosh owners , graphic artists , the publishing industry , theprintspace (/O2010/O) , TIFF , theprintspace , retrieved on 16 March 2010 and both amateur and professional photographers in general .
Simplified: Tagged Image File Format ( also known as TIFF ) is a container format for storing images , including photographs and line art .