Glossary of Computer Terms—J

Glossary of Computer Terms—J

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JAVA: Java is a programming language, which allows a programmer to write the code once on their computer platform and is then usable on any Javaaware computer platform.

JAVA SCRIPT: This is a language very close to Java that allows for more interaction with the viewer.

JPEG: (Joint Photographic Experts Group) The name of the committee that designed the photographic image-compression standard. JPEG is optimized for compressing full-color or gray-scale photographic-type, digital images. Photos are generally stored in JPEG format on the Internet. All graphics files should remain very small with an option for the user to view a larger photo. Graphics are stored in GIF format.

JUGHEAD Search browser like “Archie”. 
JUMP: An instruction that causes the computer to fetch the next instruction to be executed from a location other than the next sequential location in memory.