- Java
- An object-oriented programming language developed for Web based creations. Java is a mini application (called an applet) that runs on your desktop in the form of an animation.
- JPEG
- Joint Photographic Experts Group. A working committee under the guidance of the ISO that is attempting to define a proposed universal standard for the digital compression and decompression of still images for use in computer systems.
- Jughead
- An Internet search mechanism used to construct an index of high-level Gopher menus.
- jumper
- A small plastic and metal connector that completes a circuit, usually to select one option from a set of several user-definable options. Jumpers are often used to select one particular hardware configuration rather than another.