If you have ever asked if JPEG and JPG are distinct formats, this is very common. It is one of the most popular topics in digital imaging, and the explanation is clear: JPEG and JPG are the same file type.
The sole difference is the extension — a three-letter relic of early Windows OS unable to support four-character extensions. Regardless, there are sometimes situations when it helps to change files from .jpeg to .jpg.
JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group, the group which developed the format in 1992. Legacy versions of Windows needed file extensions to be only 3 characters, which is why the extension was shortened to JPG.
Today, .jpg and .jpeg are supported by any OS, browser and program. Regardless of whether a image is named image.jpg or image.jpeg, it will open the same way.
Despite being the same file type, certain legacy software only accept .jpg extensions and will not accept .jpeg extensions due to the suffix. For these situations, converting the extension from .jpeg to .jpg is enough.
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