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'''JPEG''' is an acronym that stands for words in the name of the name of the committee who created the standard, '''J'''oint '''P'''hotographic '''E'''xperts '''G'''roup.  Commonly, JPEG usually refers to images compressed with the a compression algorithm specified in JPEG standards.  JPEG images are usually compressed using a lossy compression algorithm, but lossles JPEG compression is also specified.  JPEG images most often have a .jpg file extension.
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'''JPEG''' has multiple meanings, all related to a compression standard for digitized photographic images.  First, it is the acronym that stands, '''J'''oint '''P'''hotographic '''E'''xperts '''G'''roup, the committee that created the JPEG standard.  Commonly, JPEG usually refers to images compressed with the a compression algorithm specified in JPEG standards.  JPEG images are usually compressed using a lossy compression algorithm, but lossles JPEG compression is also specified.  JPEG images most often have a .jpg file extension.
    
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
 
*[http://www.w3.org/Graphics/JPEG/itu-t81.pdf JPEG Standard (JPEG ISO/IEC 10918-1 ITU-T Recommendation T.81) in PDF format] or as [http://www.digicamsoft.com/itu/itu-t81-1.html HTML format]
 
*[http://www.w3.org/Graphics/JPEG/itu-t81.pdf JPEG Standard (JPEG ISO/IEC 10918-1 ITU-T Recommendation T.81) in PDF format] or as [http://www.digicamsoft.com/itu/itu-t81-1.html HTML format]
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