It is a common Windows file format. You can find thorough explanations of each file type on the web. We are going to cover the basics. One note, digital cameras typically use JPEG as their file format. To make files smaller, compression can be used.
Lossless compression saves the data and packs it more tightly together.
The other option is to loose some data when the file is compressed. The more you compress a JPEG, the lower the image quality. Examples of Web photo images . Examples of Web text images . It is widely supported by image editing software.