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That's a big part of it. jpg is short for JPEG, which is the file format for photos, and realistic paintings. So yes, it's a form of lossy compression in pictures. The more compressed it gets, the worse it looks.

If you are still curious, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG#Typical_usage

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