Digital Photography: A to Z (Part 10)

 J


jaggies
Jaggies:
Slang term for the stair-stepped appearance of a curved or angled line in digital image. The smaller the pixels, and the greater their number, the less apparent the "jaggies". Also known as pixelisation.


Java
Java:
A programing language developed by SUN Microsystem. It is a powerful and much more complex programing language- in the same category as C and C++.



Jeida
JEIDA:
Japan Electronics Industry Development Association. Japanes standards committee for storage cards.




jpeg
JPEG:
Joint Photographic Experts Group. The de factor standard for image compression in digital imaging devices which enables of compression to be selected. Because brightness information is more important than color data, most pixels only store the brightness information. When the JPEG file is opened, the missing color data is automatically calculated from the existing information.



 K


kilobyte
KB:
Kilobyte. 1KB=1024 byte.




Kelvin Scale
Kelvin scale:
Temperature scale beginning at absolute zero (approx. -273 degree Celsius=0 Kelvin). Celsius values can easily be converted into Kelvin by adding 273 degrees to the Celcius value. (Color Temperature)





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