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JPEG

Conflation of multiple topics including compression algorithms, various file formats, standards/technical specifications and a non-profit organisation

Entityconflation Wikimedia article covering multiple topicsQ2195

Also known as continuous-tone still image encoding · continuous-tone still image decoding · .jpeg · JPEG 1

Instance of: conflation
, Wikimedia article covering multiple topics
Website: jpeg.org/jpeg

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JPEG is a commonly used method of lossy compression for digital images, particularly for those images produced by digital photography. The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable trade off between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with a loss in image quality that, while perceptible, is widely agreed upon to be acceptable. Since its introduction in 1992, JPEG has been the most widely used image compression standard in the world, and the most widely used digital image format, with several billion JPEG images produced every day as of 2015.

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Different from: Joint Photographic Experts Group
JPEG
JPEG File Interchange Format
JPEG
.jpg
Disjoint union of: list of values as qualifiers list item: JPEG, JPEG File Interchange Format

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