<s>
JasPer	B-Language
is	O
a	O
computer	O
software	O
project	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
reference	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
codec	B-General_Concept
specified	O
in	O
the	O
JPEG-2000	O
Part-1	O
standard	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
C	B-Language
library	B-Library
and	O
some	O
sample	O
applications	O
useful	O
for	O
testing	O
the	O
codec	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
copyright	O
owner	O
began	O
licensing	O
the	O
code	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
under	O
an	O
MIT	O
License-style	O
license	O
in	O
2004	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
requests	O
from	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JasPer	B-Language
operated	O
as	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
many	O
software	O
projects	O
,	O
both	O
free	O
and	O
proprietary	O
,	O
including	O
(	O
but	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
)	O
netpbm	B-Language
(	O
as	O
of	O
release	O
10.12	O
)	O
,	O
ImageMagick	B-Language
and	O
KDE	B-Application
(	O
as	O
of	O
version	O
3.2	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
GEGL	B-Language
graphics	O
library	B-Library
supported	O
JasPer	B-Language
in	O
its	O
latest	O
Git	B-Application
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jasper	B-Language
AI	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
generate	O
text	O
through	O
natural	O
language	O
processing	O
(	O
NLP	O
)	O
and	O
natural	O
language	O
generation	O
(	O
NLG	O
)	O
methods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
objective	O
JPEG-2000-compression	O
quality	O
tests	O
conducted	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
"	O
JasPer	B-Language
was	O
the	O
best	O
codec	B-General_Concept
,	O
closely	O
followed	O
by	O
IrfanView	B-Protocol
and	O
Kakadu	B-Language
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Jasper	B-Language
remains	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
slowest	O
implementations	O
of	O
the	O
JPEG-2000	O
codec	B-General_Concept
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
designed	O
for	O
reference	O
,	O
not	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
JasPer	B-Language
"	O
has	O
simultaneous	O
connotations	O
with	O
Canada	O
's	O
Jasper	B-Language
National	O
Park	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
semi-precious	O
gemstone	O
,	O
jasper	B-Language
,	O
and	O
with	O
"	O
JP	O
"	O
as	O
an	O
abbreviation	O
of	O
the	O
JPEG-2000	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
