Joint Photographic Experts Group

image, body, file format, standard (JPEG) The original name

of the committee that designed the standard image

compression algorithm. JPEG is designed for compressing

either full-colour or grey-scale digital images of

"natural", real-world scenes. It does not work so well on

non-realistic images, such as cartoons or line drawings. JPEG

does not handle compression of black-and-white (1

bit-per-pixel) images or moving pictures. Standards for

compressing those types of images are being worked on by other

committees, named JBIG and MPEG.

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Filename extension: .jpg, .jpeg.

See also PJPEG.

(2000-09-11)