JPEG

Meanings

Proper Noun

• Acronym of w:Joint Photographic Experts Group
• Image compression standard created by the Joint Photographic Experts Group.

Noun

• An image using the JFIF image file format, containing an image compressed using JPEG compression

Verb

• To create or convert an image into a JPEG file.
• To lossily compress an image file in such a way that much of the quality is removed.

Origin

• Joint Photographic Experts Group, the name of the committee that created the standard.