J : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: J	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for J
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
J n a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second Synonym(s): joule, J, watt second the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet Synonym(s): J, j
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
J \J\ (j[amac]). J is the tenth letter of the English alphabet. It is a later variant form of the Roman letter I, used to express a consonantal sound, that is, originally, the sound of English y in yet. The forms J and I have, until a recent time, been classed together, and they have been used interchangeably. Note: In medical prescriptions j is still used in place of i at the end of a number, as a Roman numeral; as, vj, xij. J is etymologically most closely related to i, y, g; as in jot, iota; jest, gesture; join, jugular, yoke. See {I}. J is a compound vocal consonant, nearly equivalent in sound to dzh. It is exactly the same as g in gem. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 179, 211, 239.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
J A derivative and redesign of {APL} with added features and control structures. J is {purely functional} with {lexical scope} and more conventional control structures, plus several new concepts such as {function rank} and {function array}s. J was designed and developed by Kennneth E. Iverson and Roger Hui . J uses only the {ASCII} character set but has a spelling scheme that retains the advantages of {APL}'s special alphabet. J is a conventional procedural programming language but can be used as a {purely functional} language. Version 4.1 for {MS-DOS}, Sun, Mac, Archimedes. Source available in C from {Iverson Software}, +1 (416) 925 6096. Version 6 package from ISI includes an interpreter and tutorial. Ported to {DEC}, {NeXT}, {SGI}, {Sun-3}, {Sun-4}, {Vax}, {RS/6000}, {MIPS}, {Macintosh}, {Acorn Archimedes}, {IBM PC}, {Atari}, {3b1}, {Amiga}. {(ftp://watserv1.waterloo.edu/languages/apl/j)}. J-mode {GNU Emacs} macros available by {(ftp://think.com/pub/j/gmacs/j-interaction-mode.el)}. ["APL\?", Roger K.W. Hui et al, APL90 Conf Proc, Quote Quad 20(4):192-200]. (1992-10-31)