If I had to explain the Internet to an E.T., I’d call up a bunch of animated GIFs. They’re the purest distillation of the web, its unofficial universal language.

If you hear a loud boom each time the tower lands, you're not alone — but there isn't actually any sound accompanying the GIF. The animated image, which has been making the rounds on Twitter ...

Ever wanted to watch a GIF of an entire movie in just a few seconds? Now, for some reason, you can. Over on /r/fullmoviegifs, there’s a handful of users creating GIFs of entire movies. If you ...

It's worth noting that you likely won't end up with a true animated GIF, though. Most of the time the tool spat out one of Imgur's new "GIFV" files, which loop like GIFs, but more closely resemble ...