Joint Photographic Experts Group
JPEG
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    (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.

   <http://jpeg.org/>.

   Filename extension: .jpg, .jpeg.

   See also PJPEG.

   (2000-09-11)