Exif API: Glossary

Abbreviations

**Table 1:** Abbreviations
API	Application Programming Interface
DCF	Design rule for the Camera File system
Exif	Exchangeable image file format for digital still cameras
OOM	Out Of Memory

**Table 2:** Definitions
IFD	Image File Directory. A collection of related tags. For example, the first IFD includes all the tags related to an Exif file’s thumbnail.
JPEG	Still image compression standard developed by the Joint Photographer Experts Group.
Primary image	The actual JPEG image data of the Exif file.
Tag	The smallest unit of data handled by this library. It is stored inside an IFD.