JPEG is a standard file format for compressing pictures so they can be stored or sent by email more easily. JPEG is an abbreviation for 'Joint Photographic Experts Group'.
[computing]
...JPEG images.
A JPEG is a JPEG file or picture.
...downloaded JPEGs.
JPEG in British English
(ˈdʒeɪˌpɛɡ)
noun
computing
a.
a standard file format for compressing pictures by disposing of redundant pixels
b.
a picture held in this file format
c.
(as modifier)
a JPEG image
Word origin
C20: technique devised by the J(oint) P(hotographic) E(xperts) G(roup)
Examples of 'JPEG' in a sentence
JPEG
We know him as the sender of our weekly corporate e-mails, which often come with huge JPEG attachments or inappropriate jokes.
Scarlett Thomas POPCO (2004)
Is there anyone out there that I can send the pic to as a JPEG file?