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JPEG


JPEG

noun \ˈjā-ˌpeg\

Definition of JPEG

: a computer file format for the compression and storage of usually high-quality photographic digital images
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Examples of JPEG

  1. Most of the pictures are JPEGs.

Origin of JPEG

Joint Photographic Experts Group
First Known Use: 1988

Rhymes with JPEG

blackleg, bootleg, bowleg, dogleg, foreleg, jackleg, jake leg, milk leg, MPEG, muskeg, nutmeg, peg leg, redleg, roughleg, Tuareg, unpeg

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