Internet glossary

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Java - Java is a network-friendly programming language invented by Sun Microsystems. Java is often used to build large, complex systems that involve several different computers interacting across networks, for example transaction processing systems. Java is also used to create software with graphical user interfaces such as editors, audio players, web browsers, etc. Java is also popular for creating programs that run in small electronic devices, such as mobile telephones. Using small Java programs (called "Applets"), Web pages can include functions such as animations,calculators, and other fancy tricks.

Javascript - A scriptlanguage (with little in common with Java) developed by Netscape for writing short programs embedded in a web page. It is supported by Netscape from version 2.0 on and Microsoft and AOL browsers from version 4.0 on. MSIE 3.0 partially supports some features of Javascript. Internet glossary.

JDK (Java Development Kit) - A software development package from Sun Microsystems that implements the basic set of tools needed to write, test and debugJava applications and applets

JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) - JPEG is most commonly mentioned as a format for image files. JPEG format is preferred to the GIF format for photographic images as opposed to line art or simple logo art.

JUGhead - Searchable index software that can be applied to a an organization's gopher menus similar to VERONICA. It supposedly was named for its inventor, Rhett Jones, as Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy Excavation And Display. But since the search tools archie and VERONICA came before it, the name obviously preceded the acronym.