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JPEG

Joint Photographic Experts Group

JPEG is a 1992 DCT-based lossy compression standard. It delivers predictable 10:1 size reduction with acceptable visual trade-offs. It defines only the codec—not the file format. Its lossless mode is unused. It remains dominant not by superiority but by inertia.