JPEG

[jey-peg]

noun

Computers.

1. a set of standards and file format for compression of digital color images.

2. an image file compressed in this format.

JPEG

/ ˈdʒeɪˌpɛɡ /

noun

1. computing

   1. a standard file format for compressing pictures by disposing of redundant pixels

   2. a picture held in this file format

   3. ( as modifier )

      a JPEG image

JPEG

1. Short for Joint Photographic Experts Group.

2. A standard algorithm for the compression of digital images, making it easier to store and transmit them.

3. A digital image that has been compressed using this algorithm.

Word History and Origins

Origin of JPEG¹

First recorded in 1985–90; abbreviation of J(oint) P(hotographic) E(xperts) G(roup) , developer of the standards

Word History and Origins

Origin of JPEG¹

C20: technique devised by the J ( oint ) P ( hotographic ) E ( xperts ) G ( roup )

Example Sentences

However you decide to scan your photos, make sure you save it as a “JPG or JPEG” file at a high resolution.

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Companies that print digital photos require that the files be “JPG or JPEG.”

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The Ware county attorney responds, “I will verify,” and responds with a jpeg labeled “ware-county-confirmation,” but the actual image was never provided to the plaintiffs, and can’t be viewed.

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These days, Yousefi, 28, is known as shy.jpeg by more than 50,000 people across Instagram and TikTok.

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There are no details that you’d miss in a jpeg reproduction, no visible evidence of human hands at play, no sensual pleasure to be found in the surface, nothing surprising, mysterious or engrossing.

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