JBIG

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proper noun

An early lossless image compression standard developed by the JBIG, widely implemented in fax machines.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group, a group of experts working on standards for bi-level (usually black and white) image coding.
  2. computer graphicsAn early lossless image compression standard developed by the JBIG, widely implemented in fax machines.

    The JBIG format works well with the many common bilevel images that include text and line art.

    2018, J.K. Petersen, The Telecommunications Illustrated Dictionary, CRC Press, →ISBN
nounJBIG (plural JBIGs)

plural JBIGs

  1. An image compressed using JBIG.
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