J-PEG [

1. or JPEG]: Abbreviation for Joint Photographic Experts Group.
1. A standardized, if relatively lossy, file format for transporting, storing, and/or displaying data representing still images and graphical data. Note: Along with . gif, it is one of the most common ways that photos are moved over the Web.
2. Images compressed with the JPEG format and identified with the . jpg or . jpeg file-name extension.
3. An international standards group functioning under ISO and IEC developing an international consensus on an image compression algorithm for continuous-tone still color pictures.