The document discusses the JPEG image file format. JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group and is a popular format that supports up to 16 million colors. JPEG files use the extensions .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif or .jif. A JPEG file consists of segments marked by markers including information like quantization tables and Huffman coding tables. JPEG is a lossy compression format that works well for photos but can cause artifacts, especially at higher compression levels. Variants include JPS for stereoscopic images and MPO for multiple images in one file.