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From: gregorya@cutmcvax.cutmcvax.cs.curtin.edu.au (Andrew Gregory KBS351)
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Subject: JPEG
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This is my first post, so here goes...

A friend recently told me about a new graphics compression techinque
called JPEG.  My questions are:
   1) What is it?
   2) Is there source or an algorithm for it?
   3) Is there a standard for it yet (like GIF)?

My friend said it could do a lot better than GIF compression.

Any information would be a great help.

Cheers.