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| Jargon |
Language known only to a specific
group of people, a specific company or within an industry.
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| Java |
A programming language for adding
animation and other action to Web sites. The small applications (called
applets) that Java creates can play back on any graphical system that's
Web-ready, but your Web browser has to be Java-capable for you to see it. |
| JavaScript |
A code that can be added to standard
HTML pages to create interactive documents. As a result, JavaScript has
found considerable use in the creation of interactive Web-based forms. Most
modern browsers contain JavaScript support.
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| Jeopardy
Investment |
An investment that risks the foundation's
ability to carry out its exempt purposes. Although certain types of investments
are subject to careful examination, no single type is automatically a jeopardy
investment. Generally, a jeopardy investment is found to be made when a
foundation's managers have failed to exercise ordinary business care and
prudence. The result of a jeopardy investment may be penalty taxes imposed
upon a foundation and its managers
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| Job
Coach |
A person hired by a placement
agency or provided through the employer to furnish specialized on-site training
to assist an employee with a disability in learning and performing a job
and adjusting to the work environment. |
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Description |
A document that lists the job
title, responsibilities of a particular job, and the skills and qualifications
required of the employee. |
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Sharing |
A form of regular part-time employment
where two employees share one full-time position, with the salary and benefits
being paid on a prorated basis.
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| Joint
Committee |
A committee composed of an equal
number of members of both the House and the Senate.
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| Joint
Funding |
A grant project supported by more
than one donor, each of whom may provide monies for a specific component
of the overall project or who may contribute to a common pool of funds. |
| Joint
Meeting |
An occasion, often ceremonial,
when the House and Senate meet together to hear an address by various dignitaries,
such as foreign leaders.
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| Joint
Resolution |
Proposals that start with HJRes
or SJRes are joint resolutions that must be voted upon by the House and
the Senate and signed by the President. The only difference between bills
and joint resolutions is that the latter are usually focused on one specific
policy question, or are constitutional amendments. |
| Joint
Session |
When the House and Senate meet
together to conduct formal business or to hear an address by the President
of the United States.
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| Joint
Tenancy |
A form of co-ownership of property
among at least two owners all of whom have equal shares and obtained their
shares in the same transaction specifying (either by law or in the documents)
that each has the right of survivorship. The shares are undivided interests.
Occasionally, joint tenancy documents will add the words "and not as tenants-in-common,"
or the words "with rights of survivorship or the initials "w.r.o.s." |
| Joint
Tenant |
A person who co-owns property
with at least one other person. As joint tenants die their shares pass automatically
to the surviving joint tenants, until the last one surviving is the sole
owner.
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| Joint
Ventures |
A collaboration, such as a partnership
or merger, undertaken by two or more entities for their mutual benefit. |
| Journal |
The official record of the proceedings
of the House and Senate.
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| JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group.
This format for color-rich images was developed by the Joint Photographic
Experts Group committee. JPEG compresses graphics of photographic color
depth differently than competing file formats like GIF, and retains a high
degree of color fidelity. This makes JPEG files smaller and quicker to download.
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| Jumper |
An on/off switch used to alter
hardware configurations. They are often found on devices such as CD-ROM
interface boards, bus expansion boards, controller boards, input/output
cards, sound cards, graphics cards, modem cards, and motherboards.
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Glossary information provided by the Nonprofit Good Practice Guide, a project of the Philanthropic and Nonprofit Knowledge Management Initiative (PNKM) at the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership.
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