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Flickr - Yale Law Library - RL 46 L309s-2
Flickr ( ; ) is an American image hosting service, image hosting and Online video platform, video hosting service, as well as an online community, founded in Canada and headquartered in the United States. It was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and was a popular way for amateur and professional photographers to host high-resolution photos. It has changed ownership several times and has been owned by SmugMug since April 20, 2018. Flickr had a total of 112 million registered members and more than 3.5 million new images uploaded daily. On August 5, 2011, the site reported that it was hosting more than 6 billion images. Photos and videos can be accessed from Flickr without the need to register an account, but an account must be made to upload content to the site. Registering an account also allows users to create a profile page containing photos and videos that the user has uploaded and also grants the ability to add another Flickr user as a contact. For mobile users, Flickr has off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Image Hosting Service
{{internet hosting, right An image hosting service allows individuals to upload images to an Internet website. The image host will then store the image onto its server, and show the individual different types of code to allow others to view that image. Some of the best known examples are Flickr, Imgur and Photobucket, each catering for different purposes. How it works Typically image hosting websites provide an upload interface; a form in which the uploader specifies the location of an image file on their local computer file system. After pressing a "Submit" button, the file is uploaded to the image host's Server (computing), server. Some image hosts allow the uploader to specify multiple files at once using this form, or the ability to upload one ZIP (file format), ZIP archive containing multiple images. Additionally, some hosts allow FTP access, where single or multiple files can be uploaded in one session using FTP software or an FTP-capable browser. After this process, the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
