Harvard Extension School, Fall 2018
CSCI E-12 Fundamentals of Web Site Development

## JPEG

Joint Photographic Experts Group

Property | JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
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Color System | RGB (24 bit; millions of colors)
Compression | "Lossy" Compression (compression optimized for gradual color changes)
Other Features | `.jpg` and `.jpeg` file extensions No Transparency No Animation
Typical Uses | Photographs
Property | JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
Photograph 250 × 188 px | 16.8 kb
Illustration 148 × 179 px | 6.12 kb

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