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jpg - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Joint Photographic Experts Group
  JPEG
  jpg
  
     <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.
  
     (http://jpeg.org/).
  
     Filename extension: .jpg, .jpeg.
  
     See also PJPEG.
  
     (2000-09-11)