Terminology
PC card | This is the name of a card currently being standardized by the Japan Electronic Industry Association (JEIDA) and |
| PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card Interface Association) of the United States. |
TYPE (I, II and III) | PCMCIA 2.1 PC cards are divided into three types according to their thickness: Type I (3.3 mm), Type II (5.0 mm) |
| and Type III (10.5 mm). |
BMP | A type of image format. The standard Windows Bit Map format used for |
| ers. |
JPEG |
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| A type of image format. "JPEG" is the abbreviation of Joint Photographic Experts Group. JPEG compression offers |
| efficient data storage. The data not required for displaying the image is identified and deleted. Since the data is |
| deleted, JPEG algorithms are said to be irreversible. This means that once the image is compressed, the decom- |
| pressed image it is not the same as the original image. |