Most forms of lossy compression are based on transform coding, especially the discrete cosine transform (DCT). It was first proposed in 1972 by Nasir Ahmed, who then developed a working algorithm with T. Natarajan and K. R. Rao in 1973, before introducing it in January 1974.[15][16] DCT is the most widely used lossy compression method, and is used in multimedia formats for images (such as JPEG and HEIF),[17] video (such as MPEG, AVC and HEVC) and audio (such as MP3, AAC and Vorbis).