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- A standard for photographic
image compression created by the Joint Photographics Experts Group
- Takes advantage of limitations in the human vision system to
achieve high rates of compression
- Lossy compression which allows user to set the desired level of
quality/compression
- Detailed discussions in next chapter on compression.
Dave Marshall
10/4/2001