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PDF

Last updated May 16, 2025, generated by Sumble

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What is PDF?

PDF (Portable Document Format) is a file format developed by Adobe to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. It's commonly used for distributing documents while preserving their formatting, archiving documents, and creating forms.

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What other technologies are related to PDF?

PDF Competitor Technologies

A tagged image file format, used for storing images. It is an alternative format for storing data.

mentioned alongside PDF in 62% (517) of relevant job posts

A common image format. An alternative format for storing data.

mentioned alongside PDF in 58% (282) of relevant job posts

A common image format. An alternative format for storing data.

mentioned alongside PDF in 44% (369) of relevant job posts

Another image format similar to TIFF. An alternative format for storing data.

mentioned alongside PDF in 63% (251) of relevant job posts

Advanced Function Presentation, a page description language, similar to Postscript.

mentioned alongside PDF in 41% (331) of relevant job posts

A page description language, used in electronic and desktop publishing.

mentioned alongside PDF in 37% (291) of relevant job posts

Portable Network Graphics, used for storing images. It is an alternative format for storing data.

mentioned alongside PDF in 41% (228) of relevant job posts

Graphics Interchange Format, used for storing images. It is an alternative format for storing data.

mentioned alongside PDF in 30% (165) of relevant job posts

PDF Complementary Technologies

Extensible Markup Language, a markup language often used to structure data, which can be processed and presented through the PDF format.

mentioned alongside PDF in 0% (1.3k) of relevant job posts

Optical Character Recognition, used to convert scanned images to text that can be stored in a PDF.

mentioned alongside PDF in 2% (214) of relevant job posts

Which job functions mention PDF?

Job function

Jobs mentioning PDF

Orgs mentioning PDF

Operations

0% (2.5k) job posts

340 organizations

Administrator

0% (1.7k) job posts

397 organizations

Legal & Compliance

0% (1k) job posts

1 organizations

Documentation

1% (381) job posts

159 organizations

Legal Assistant

1% (286) job posts

51 organizations

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Which organizations are mentioning PDF?

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Industry

Matching Teams

Matching People

State of Arizona

Public Administration

Finance and Insurance

Professional Services

University of Denver

Educational Services

Professional Services

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