<algorithm> 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].
(01 Mar 1995)