File formats – are facilities or methods to store and organize digital images. The matter of interpreting digital image file is due to the format of storing and coding the image files.
Pixels – elements of the picture that are arranged and stored in a manner dictated by the format of the image.
JOINTPHOTOGRAPHICEXPERTSGROUP (JPEGorJPG) - This is a compression method that complies with the (?) File Interchange Format (JFIF).
JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERTS GROUP (JPEG or JPG) - This format applies "lossy" compression method to image files, which means that a huge number of pixels are lost or discarded in storing the image.
JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERTS GROUP (JPEGorJPG) - The information is not lost, however, but a great space for storage is saved.
TAGGED IMAGE FILE FORMAT (TIFF) - This is a less common file format supported by Web browsers.
TAGGEDIMAGEFILEFORMAT (TIFF) - This file format can use either the lossless or the lossy compression method.
GRAPHICS INTERCHANGE FORMAT (GIF) - This is a popular file format for storing graphical image with fewer colors.
GRAPHICS INTERCHANGE FORMAT (GIF) - This file format supports 256 colors only.