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Newer page: version 3 Last edited on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 3:06:51 pm by AristotlePagaltzis
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 [Acronym] for __J__oint __P__hotographic __E__xperts __G__roup. 
  
-A set of image file formats well suited for natural images. The "Joint" in the title refers to the fact that the standard is a joint effort between [ISO ] and [ITU -T ]. 
+A set of image FileFormat~s well suited for natural images. Standard [JPEG] uses lossy compression (Discrete Cosine Transform and quantisation) to significantly reduce file size while maintaining an acceptable image quality. JBIG is a specialization of [JPEG ] for bi-level images (ie black and white). JPEG2000 is a newer, better format using wavelet compression -- which is [Patent ] encumbered, so you're unlikely to see it implemented in OpenSource software
  
-Like many ISO standards, you have to pay to get a copy of them
+[JPEG] image files commonly have the FileExtension <tt>.jpg</tt> or <tt>.jpeg</tt>, but rarely <tt>.jpe</tt> also occurs
  
-'Standard' JPEG uses lossy compression (Discrete Cosine Transform and quantisation) to significantly reduce file size while maintaining an acceptable image quality
+The "Joint" in the name refers to the fact that the standard is a joint effort between [ISO] and [ITU-T]. Like many [ISO] standards, you have to pay to get a copy of it
  
-JBIG is a JPEG format for bi-level images (ie black and white).  
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-JPEG2000 is a newer format using 'wavelet' compression, but this format is patent-encumbered, so you probably won't find any OpenSource software implementing it.  
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-Often uses the [FileExtension]s .jpg or .jpeg.  
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-Compare [GIF], [PNG]  
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-See http://www.jpeg.org/.  
+See also:  
+* [The JPEG Homepage | http://www .jpeg.org/]  
+* [GIF]  
+* [PNG]