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JPEG (.jpg) is used for photographic images because of its ability to efficiently represent color and textural variations of real-world images (higher spacial frequency). GIF (.gif) is used for paletteable (cartoon-like) images because it is more efficient in representing larger constant solid areas of color (lower spacial frequency).
-- Anonymous, February 02, 2001