Whats a JPG photo? Coz im not really sure..?

Question: Whats a JPG photo!? Coz im not really sure!.!.!?
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It means Joint Photographers Group!. It is a file format that uses compression to save file size!. It is by far the most used digital photo file format!. There are many others, such as Tiff, PSD, Gif, Png, and on and on, but JPG will work in any program or website or email!. It is also often the format a photo has to be in before many printing services will be able to print the photo!. Digital cameras default to JPG!. You can set some cameras to shoot in a RAW format, but the photo must then be converted to JPG or another format before it can be used!.

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JPG is just a digital media type of photo/picture

JPG is the acronym for joint photographic experts group

These are the geeks that made JPG

JPG is the most popular digital picture format in use others include !.gif !.bmp !.tiff !.png

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http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Internet_me!.!.!.

JPG is good for photos it's main rival is PNG!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) is a!.!.!.

"Data compression method and file format used to reduce the size of image files for storage or transmission!. A compression routine, where some loss of image quality occurs when the image is decompressed for use!. The amount of compression can be varied from small to very high!. The loss of quality on decompression increases in proportion to the degree of compression applied!. If you must save as a JPEG, quality is often best maintained by creating the JPEG using high quality and Progressive format options with a larger number of ‘scans’ – avoid re-saving an image as a JPEG to avoid repeated erosion of image quality!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

JPG is a form of compression used for static images, used to make the image smaller so you can store more on a memory card, hard disk drive, etc!. It is though 'lossy' compression, which means that you lose a bit of quality compared to an uncompressed image!.

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http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/JpgWww@QuestionHome@Com

the JPG stands for a file format and is a Graphics or Picture!. Kinda a Word or Acrobat (PDF) document!.

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JPG is a file format used for the compression of digital photos!.Www@QuestionHome@Com