Technology terms starting with J

347 terms

  1. J&A Justification and Approval.
  2. J-PEG [ or JPEG]: Abbreviation for Joint Photographic Experts Group. 1. A standardized, if relatively lossy, file format for transporting, storing, and/or…
  3. J-SEAD Joint Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses.
  4. J2EE Java 2 Enterprise Edition
  5. J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) Java 2 Enterprise Edition is the second version of the platform definition for advanced Java applications built on Enterprise Java Beans (EJB).
  6. J2EE application Any deployable unit of J2EE functionality. This can be a single J2EE module or a group of modules packaged into an EAR file along with a J2EE application…
  7. J2EE component A self-contained functional software unit supported by a container and configurable at deployment time.
  8. J2EE module A software unit that consists of one or more J2EE components of the same container type and one deployment descriptor of that type.
  9. J2EE product An implementation that conforms to the J2EE platform specification.
  10. J2EE product provider A vendor that supplies a J2EE product.
  11. J2EE server The runtime portion of a J2EE product. A J2EE server provides EJB or Web containers or both.
  12. J2ME See Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition.
  13. J2SE See Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition.
  14. JAAT Joint Air Attack Team.
  15. jabber In local area networks, transmission by a data station beyond the time interval allowed by the protocol.
  16. jack A female fitting or connector that accepts a male mating component ("plug") to facilitate an electrical connection.
  17. Jacket The enclosure on a water heater, furnace, or boiler.
  18. JADO Joint Air Defense Operations.
  19. JAE Joint Acquisition Executive.
  20. JAIC Joint Air Intelligence Center (JFACC term).
  21. JAIN See: Java APIs for Integrated Networks (JAIN)
  22. jam signal A signal that carries a bit pattern sent by a data station to inform the other stations that they must not transmit.
  23. JAMES Joint Automated Message Editing System (USN term).
  24. Jammers Radio transmitters accompanying attacking RVs and tuned to broadcast at the same frequency as defensive radar.
  25. jamming The deliberate radiation, reradiation, or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices, equipment…
  26. jamming margin The level of interference (jamming) that a system is able to accept and still maintain a specified level of performance, such as maintain a specified…
  27. jamming to signal ratio (J/S) The ratio, usually expressed in dB, of the power of a jamming signal to that of a desired signal at a given point such as the antenna terminals of a…
  28. JAO Joint Area of Operations.
  29. JAOC Joint Air Operations Center (JFACC term).
  30. Japan's Personal Information Protection Act A law promulgated by the Japanese government to regulate the collection, use, and transfer of personal information.
  31. JAPH "Just Another Perl Hacker," a clever but cryptic bit of Perl code that when executed, evaluates to that string.
  32. JAR Java archive. A platform-independent file format that permits many files to be aggregated into one file.
  33. JAR (Java ARchive) file A Java Archive (JAR) file makes it possible to store multiple bytecode files in a single file.
  34. JASSAM Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (USAF term).
  35. JAST Joint Advanced Strike Aircraft (USAF/USN program).
  36. Java Sun Microsystems Java is a platform-independent, programming language for adding animation and other actions to websites.
  37. Java 2 Platform The second generation of the Java platform. (The first generation was the JDK.) Also see "Java Platform" and "Java Platform Editions".
  38. Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE platform) See Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition, under Java Platform Editions.
  39. Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) An environment for developing and deploying enterprise applications. The J2EE platform consists of a set of services, application programming interfaces…
  40. Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME platform) See Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition, under Java Platform Editions.
  41. Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) A highly optimized Java runtime environment targeting a wide range of consumer products, including pagers, cellular phones, screen phones, digital set-top…
  42. Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE platform) See Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, under Java Platform Editions.
  43. Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) The core Java technology platform.
  44. Java 2 SDK A particular implementation of the abstract functionality described in Sun's specification of the Java 2 Platform.
  45. Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition The Software Development Kit (SDK) is development environment for building applications, applets, and components using the Java programming language.
  46. Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) An API for processing XML documents. JAXP leverages the parser standards SAX and DOM so that you can choose to parse your data as a stream of events or to…
  47. Java API for XML Registries (JAXR) An API for accessing various kinds of XML registries.
  48. Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC) An API for building Web services and clients that use remote procedure calls and XML.
  49. Java APIs for Integrated Networks (JAIN) enables the rapid development of Next Generation telecom products and services on the Java platform.
  50. Java applet A small application-program component that typically executes in a client's Web browser, but can execute in a variety of other simple applications or…
  51. Java applets Small programs written in the Java programming language that can be embedded into web pages.
  52. Java Card The Java Card specification allows Java technology to run on smart cards and other small devices.
  53. Java Card API An ISO 7816-4 compliant application environment focused on smart cards.
  54. Java Compatibility Kit (JCK) A test suite, a set of tools, and other requirements used to certify a Java platform implementation conformant both to the applicable Java platform…
  55. Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) An industry standard for database-independent connectivity between the Java platform and a wide range of databases.
  56. Java Database Connectivity (JDBCTM) An industry standard for database-independent connectivity between a computer platform or device operating in the Java™ environment and a wide range of…
  57. Java Development Kit (JDK) A software development environment for writing applets and applications in the Java programming language.
  58. Java Foundation Classes (JFC) An extension that adds graphical user interface class libraries to the Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT).
  59. Java IDL A technology that provides CORBA interoperability and connectivity capabilities for the J2EE platform.
  60. Java Interface Definition Language (IDL) A set of Java APIs that provide CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) interoperability and connectivity capabilities for the J2EE platform.
  61. Java ME (Java Micro Edition) Java 2, Micro Edition is a group of specifications and technologies that pertain to Java on small devices.
  62. Java ME WTK The Sun Java Wireless Toolkit is a set of tools that provides developers with an emulation environment, documentation and examples for developing Java…
  63. Java Media APIs A set of APIs that support the integration of audio and video clips, 2D fonts, graphics, and images as well as 3D models and telephony.
  64. Java Media Framework The core framework supports clocks for synchronizing between different media (e.g., audio and video output).
  65. Java Message Service (JMS) An API for invoking operations on enterprise messaging systems.
  66. Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) An API that provides naming and directory functionality.
  67. Java Native Interface A standard programming interface for writing Java native methods and embedding the JVM into native applications.
  68. Java Platform Consists of class libraries, a Java virtual machine (JVM) and class loader (which comprise the runtime environment) and a compiler, debugger and other…
  69. Java Platform Editions A Java platform "edition" is a definitive and agreed-upon version of the Java platform that provides the functionality needed over a broad market segment.
  70. Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) A distributed object model for Java program to Java program, in which the methods of remote objects written in the Java programming language can be…
  71. Java Runtime Environment (JRE) A subset of the Java Development Kit (JDK) for end-users and developers who want to redistribute the runtime environment alone.
  72. Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) A set of packages that enable secure Internet communications.
  73. Java Transaction API (JTA) An API that allows applications and J2EE servers to access transactions.
  74. Java Transaction Service (JTS) Specifies the implementation of a transaction manager that supports JTA and implements the Java mapping of the Object Management Group Object Transaction…
  75. Java Virtual Machine (JVM) The Java Runtime under which OGSI modules run.
  76. Java virtual machine<sup>1</sup> A software "execution engine" that safely and compatibly executes the byte codes in Java class files on a microprocessor (whether in a computer or in…
  77. JavaBean A portable, platform-independent, reusable component model that conforms to specification defining how Java objects interact.
  78. JavaBeans A portable, platform-independent reusable component model. A component that conforms to this model is called a bean.
  79. JavaBeans component A Java class that can be manipulated by tools and composed into applications. A JavaBeans component must adhere to certain property and event interface…
  80. JavaCheck A tool for checking compliance of applications and applets to a specification.
  81. Javadocs Java-generated documentation files. The Globus Toolkit distribution uses this tool to automatically generate API documentation from the code itself.
  82. JavaHQ JavaHQ is the Java platform control center on your Palm OS device.
  83. JavaMail An API for sending and receiving email.
  84. JavaSafe A tool for tracking and managing source file changes, written in Java.
  85. JavaScript A Web scripting language that is used in both browsers and Web servers. Like all scripting languages, it is used primarily to tie other components…
  86. JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) A lightweight data-interchange format. For information about JSON, see http://www.json.org/.
  87. JavaScripts programs written in the JavaScript programming language. JavaScripts run on the Internet user's computer rather than the web server's computer.
  88. JavaServer Faces conversion model A mechanism for converting between string-based markup generated by JavaServer Faces UI components and server-side Java objects.
  89. JavaServer Faces event and listener model A mechanism for determining how events emitted by JavaServer Faces UI components are handled.
  90. JavaServer Faces expression language A simple expression language used by a JavaServer Faces UI component tag attributes to bind the associated component to a bean property or to bind the…
  91. JavaServer Faces navigation model A mechanism for defining the sequence in which pages in a JavaServer Faces application are displayed.
  92. JavaServer Faces Technology A framework for building server-side user interfaces for Web applications written in the Java programming language.
  93. JavaServer Faces UI component A user interface control that outputs data to a client or allows a user to input data to a JavaServer Faces application.
  94. JavaServer Faces UI component class A JavaServer Faces class that defines the behavior and properties of a JavaServer Faces UI component.
  95. JavaServer Faces validation model A mechanism for validating the data a user inputs to a JavaServer Faces UI component.
  96. JavaServer Pages (JSP) An extensible Web technology that uses static data, JSP elements, and server-side Java objects to generate dynamic content for a client.
  97. JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL) A tag library that encapsulates core functionality common to many JSP applications.
  98. JavaSpaces A technology that provides distributed persistence and data exchange mechanisms for code in Java.
  99. JavaTM A trademarked set of programming language technologies for creating and safely running software programs in both stand-alone and networked environments.
  100. JAX-RPC http://www.apache.org (re: what in GT?)