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JPEG.

Acronym of Joint Photographic Experts Group.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

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name/ˈd͡ʒeɪˌpɛɡ/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈd͡ʒæɪ̯ˌpeɡ/Australia, New-Zealand/ˈd͡ʒeˌpɛɡ/Scotland/ˈd͡ʒeːˌpɛɡ/India
  1. Acronym of Joint Photographic Experts Group.

    abbreviation · acronym · alt-of
  2. Image compression standard created by the Joint Photographic Experts Group.

    JPEG is widely used on the Web.
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈd͡ʒeɪˌpɛɡ/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈd͡ʒæɪ̯ˌpeɡ/Australia, New-Zealand/ˈd͡ʒeˌpɛɡ/Scotland/ˈd͡ʒeːˌpɛɡ/India
  1. An image using the JFIF image file format, containing an image compressed using JPEG compression.

    a JPEG of a cat
    I'll send you some JPEGs tomorrow.
Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈd͡ʒeɪˌpɛɡ/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈd͡ʒæɪ̯ˌpeɡ/Australia, New-Zealand/ˈd͡ʒeˌpɛɡ/Scotland/ˈd͡ʒeːˌpɛɡ/India
  1. To create or convert an image into a JPEG file.

  2. To lossily compress an image file using the JPEG format with visible loss of quality.

    broadly
    That image has been JPEGged to hell.
Where this word comes from

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

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