The ability of disparate computer systems to exchange information with one another, especially databases. JAZ A small, portable disk drive, developed by Iomega Corporation. A digital image file format designed for maximal image compression. The amount of compression is variable and the extent to which an image may be compressed without too much degradation depends partly on the image and partly on its use. This refers to the orientation of an image.
Landscape describes an image which is wider than it is tall.
Lossless compression These compression formats, such as those used in GIF and TIFF files, retain all of the image data. Lossy compression Lossy compression algorithms compress the image file by removing image details usually the details that the eye does not perceive very well to start with. M Metadata Electronic information about electronic information. Open systems architecture An architecture whose specifications are public. This includes officially approved standards as well as privately designed architectures whose specifications are made public by designers.