JASPER

JasPer

JasPer, a project to create a reference implementation of the codec specified in the JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard, started in 1997 at Image Power Inc. and at the University of British Columbia. It consists of a C library and some sample applications useful for testing the codec.

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jasper

Noun

  1. Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
  2. An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
  3. Jasperware pottery.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A wasp. (West Country dialects, Somerset County)
  2. A person, a guy, especially seen as naive or simple.


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