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Term	Acronym	Vocabulary	Vocabulary Type	Definitions
Joule	J	Heat Island Effect Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: A joule is a metric unit of energy equal to the work done by a force of one newton acting through a distance of one meter.
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition	J2EE		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Joint Application Development	JAD	Contracting-Related Terms	Glossary and Key Word List
Job Accounting Report System	JARS		Abbreviation and Acronym List	Definition: JARS is a registered name
Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review	JCARR		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Job Control Language	JCL		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Job Control Language	JCL		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Joint Economic Committee	JEC		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Joint Expert Committee of Food Additives	JECFA		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Joint Emissions Inventory Oversight Group	JEIOG		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Job Entry Subsystem	JES		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Joint Financial Management Improvement Program	JFMIP		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Joint Financial Management Improvement Program	JFMIP	Contracting-Related Terms	Glossary and Key Word List
Job File Number	JFN		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Justification For Other Than Open Competition	JFOOC		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Japanese Industrial Standards Committee	JISC		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Justification for Limited Competition	JLC		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Justification for Noncompetitive Procurement	JNCP		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Justification for Non-Competitive Procurement	JNCP		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Justification of Need for Government Furnished Property	JNGFP		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition	JOFOC	Contracting-Related Terms	Glossary and Key Word List
Justification for Other than Open Competition	JOFOC		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition	JOFOC		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Joint Permitting Agreement	JPA		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Joint Photographic Experts Group	JPEG		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Joint Photographic Experts Group	JPG	Communications Stylebook Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: the most common image compression format used by digital cameras.
Judicial Review	JR		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Java Runtime Environment	JRE		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Junior Resource Official	JRO	Great Lakes: Quality Management Training - Quality Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List
Jackson Structured Design	JSD		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Jobstream Manager	JSM		Abbreviation and Acronym List
JavaScript Object Notation	JSON	Linked Data Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: Syntax for storing and exchanging text based information. JSON has proven to be a highly useful and popular object serialization and messaging format for the Web. See also: the application/json Media Type for JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) [RFC4627 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4627.txt)].
JavaScript Object Notation for Linking Data	JSON-LD	Linked Data Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: A language-independent data format for representing Linked Data, based on JSON. JSON-LD is capable of serializing any RDF graph or dataset and most, but not all, JSON-LD documents can be directly transformed to RDF. JSON-LD Syntax is easy for humans to read and write as well as, easy for machines to parse and generate. JSON-LD is an appropriate Linked Data interchange language for JavaScript environments, Web service and NoSQL databases. See also JSON-LD Syntax 1.0 (http://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld-syntax/).
Jackson Structured Programming	JSP		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Java Server Pages	JSP		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Job Status Tracking System	JSTS		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Jackson Turbidity Unit	JTU		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Judicial Officer Case Tracking System	JUDO		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Journal Voucher	JV		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Java Virtual Machine	JVM		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Javits-Wagner-O'Day (programs for blind and disabled)	JWOD	Contracting-Related Terms	Glossary and Key Word List
Job Hazard Analysis	JHA	EPA EV-Research-Research Resources-Analytical Methods & Protocols	Taxonomy	Definition: A JHA is a technique to identify hazards for specific job tasks before they occur. It focuses on the relationship between the worker, the task, the tools, and the work environment. After hazards are identified, controls are implemented to eliminate or reduce them to an acceptable risk level. [EPA Emergency Responder Health and Safety Manual - Chapter 11: Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan]
Jet Stream	JSTR	EPA EV-Natural Environments-Atmosphere	Taxonomy	Definition: Relatively strong winds concentrated in a narrow stream in the atmosphere, normally referring to horizontal, high-altitude winds. The position and orientation of jet streams vary from day to day. General weather patterns (hot/cold, wet/dry) are related closely to the position, strength and orientation of the jet stream (or jet streams). A jet stream at low levels is known as a low-level jet. [[NOAA National Weather Service Glossary]

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