Imagecount

Imagecount refers to the number of individual images contained within a set, collection, folder, dataset, or sequence. It is a common metric in image management systems, content delivery workflows, machine learning pipelines, and digital archives. In implementations, imagecount is typically computed by enumerating candidates and applying filters to include only image files, such as those with extensions like .jpg, .png, or .tif. Some systems count unique images by file hash to avoid duplicates; others count all files as stored.

In practice, imagecount supports user interface features such as pagination, progress indicators, quotas, and batch processing. It is often reported alongside related statistics such as total size, average image dimensions, and class distribution in labeled datasets.

Edge cases include handling nested folders, symbolic links, corrupted files, and non-image files that use image-like extensions. Archives or image collections stored in databases may require extraction or database queries to determine the count. In the context of videos, the term framecount is used instead, since a video comprises a sequence of still images (frames) rather than separate image files.

Metadata and data interchange: imagecount may appear as a key in JSON, YAML, or database schemas to store the count for a given collection. It does not have a universal standard, and its exact definition can vary by system.

See also: image_count, total_images, framecount, dataset statistics.