progressive coding

A way to send an {image} gradually to a receiver

instead of all at once so that the receiver first receives a

low {resolution} version of the image and susbsequent data

increases the {resolution}.

{JBIG} uses {progressive coding}.

See also {progressive/sequential coding}.

["Progressive Bi-level Image Compression, Revision 4.1",

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG9, CD 11544, September 16, 1991].

(1995-03-01)