MCQ
Q.
JPEG is a commonly used method of lossy compression for digital images. What is the full form of JPEG?
Correct Answer: D
The correct answer is Joint Photographic Experts Group.
Key Points
- 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.
Additional Information
- 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.
