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Almost every modern device—from smartphones to digital cameras—can natively open and edit these files.

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The format, named after the Joint Photographic Experts Group , was established in 1992 to solve a critical problem: digital images were too large for the storage and internet speeds of the time. By using lossy compression , JPEGs can reduce a file's size by 50–75% while keeping it visually acceptable to the human eye. Key Characteristics of JPEG 960x960_71d3ad1066262b50a3d1df1a862e0630.jpg