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Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)

The JPEG format (suffices: .jpeg, .jpg) uses cosine transforms to obtain very high compression. The higher the degree of compression, however, the higher the loss of detail. This format is often used for scanned or digitally photographed images.



Omri Schwarz
1999-09-12