Question

JPEG is a commonly used method of lossy compression for digital images. What is the full form of JPEG?
1. Jet Prints Editing Graphics
2. Jet Protocol Experts Group
3. Joint Pages Enhanced Graphics
4. Joint Photographic Experts Group

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Joint Photographic Experts Group

The correct answer is Joint Photographic Experts Group.

• JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group.
  • It is a computer graphics file format.
  • JPEG is a lossy compression method widely used for digital photographs.
  • In JPEG, the image is compressed to make a smaller file.
  • Compression results in a loss of quality, however, so it is usually undetectable.
  • JPEG files are widely used on the Internet, and JPEG is a popular digital camera format, making it ideal for non-professional printing and web use.
  • JPEG format is best for web images, non-professional printing, e-mail, PowerPoint.
  • The extensions ".jpeg" and ".jpg" are used for JPEG files.

• PNG (Portable Network Graphics) files are a lossless picture format that was created to replace and improve upon the gif format.
• GIF files (Graphics Interchange Format) are used for web graphics and can be animated and transparent.
• BMP (Bitmap Image File) is a file format designed by Microsoft for Windows that does not compress or lose information, allowing images to have very high quality while simultaneously having very large file sizes.