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JBIG

JBIG proper noun: an early lossless image compression standard developed by the JBIG, widely implemented in fax machines. Also the initialism of Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group.

Proper noun

JBIG

  1. An 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

Noun

JBIG (plural JBIGs)

  1. An image compressed using JBIG.

Also used as

JBIG is also the initialism of Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group.

Forms of JBIG

pluralJBIGs

Words formed from JBIG

  • JBIG2

Questions about JBIG

What does JBIG mean?
JBIG means an early lossless image compression standard developed by the JBIG, widely implemented in fax machines.
What part of speech is JBIG?
JBIG can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near JBIG in the dictionary

  1. jb
  2. JBC
  3. JBG
  4. JBHS
  5. JBiebs
  6. JBIG
  7. JBIGs
  8. JBOD
  9. jBPM
  10. jbs
  11. JBT

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