List of acronyms: J

(Main list of acronyms)


 * J – (s) Joule

J0–9

 * J1 – (s) Joint [Manpower &] Personnel Directorate
 * J2 – (s) Joint Intelligence Directorate
 * J2EE – (i) Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition
 * J2ME – (i) Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition
 * J2SE – (i) Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition
 * J3 – (s) Joint Operations Directorate
 * J4 – (s) Joint Logistics Directorate
 * J5 – (s) Joint Strategic Plans & Policy Directorate
 * J6 – (s) Joint Information Technology Directorate (Command, Control, Communications & Computer Systems)
 * J7 – (s) Joint Operational Plans & Interoperability Directorate
 * J8 – (s) Joint Force Structure, Resources, & Assessment Directorate
 * J9 – (s) Joint Public Affairs Directorate (Civilian-Military Cooperation)

JA

 * ja – (s) Japanese language (ISO 639-1 code)
 * JA – (s) Japan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
 * Jabodetabek – (p) Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi (urban agglomeration of Jakarta)
 * JAFT – (s) Just A Field Test
 * JAG – (a) Judge Advocate General Corps (military law)
 * JAL – (p) Japan Airlines
 * JALLC – (a) Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (NATO)
 * JAM – (s) Jamaica (ISO 3166 trigram)
 * JAMA – (i) Journal of the American Medical Association
 * JAOA- (i) Journal of the American Osteopathic Association
 * JANET
 * (p) Joint Academic Network
 * (a) Just Another Non-Existent Terminal or Joint Air Network for Employee Transportation or Janet Airlines, a highly classified air shuttle service for the USAF, serving Area 51 and the Tonopah Test Range
 * JANUS
 * (a) Joint Academic Network Using Satellites (UK)
 * Joint Army Navy Uniform Simulation
 * (p) Joint Army-Navy Staff
 * Just ANother Useless Simulation (Note: The U.S. Army Janus simulation is not an acronym)
 * JAS
 * (i) Japan Air System, defunct Japanese airline
 * Japanese Agricultural Standard
 * Jericho Appreciation Society, former professional wrestling stable
 * Journal of Applied Statistics
 * JATO – (a) Jet-Assisted Take-Off
 * jav – (s) Javanese language (ISO 639-2 code)

JB

 * JB – (i) Junior Branch
 * JB – (i) Jail Bait
 * JBFSA – (i) Joint Blue Force Situational Awareness
 * JB- Justin Bieber

JC

 * JCATS – (a) Joint Conflict And Tactical Simulation ("djay-catts")
 * JCDB – (i) Joint Common Data Base
 * JCDS – (i) Joint Chiefs of the Defence Staff
 * JCIDS – (i) Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System
 * JCIET – (i) Joint Combat Identification Evaluation Team
 * JCL – (i) Job Control Language
 * JCMOTF – (a) Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force
 * JCP – (a) Java Community Process
 * JCPM – (i) Java Child Process Manager – Jesus Christ Prison Ministry
 * JCS – (i) Joint Chiefs of Staff
 * JCW – (i) Juggalo Championship Wrestling

JD

 * JD
 * (i) Jack Daniel's (whiskey)
 * Julian day
 * Juris Doctor (Latin, "doctor of jurisprudence")
 * JDAM – (a/i) Joint Direct Attack Munition ("djay-dam")
 * JDBC – (i) Java Data Base Connectivity
 * JDCC – (i) UK Joint Doctrine and Concepts Centre, now the Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC)
 * JDEM – (i) Joint Dark Energy Mission
 * JDK – (i) Java Development Kit
 * JDL – (i) Jewish Defense League
 * JDM
 * (i) Japanese domestic market, referring specifically to automobiles and parts
 * Java Data Mining
 * Joint design manufacturing

JE

 * JE – (s) Jersey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
 * JEB
 * (a) James Ewell Brown (Stuart)
 * John Ellis Bush
 * JEDP – (i) Jahwist, Elohist, Deuteronomist, Priestly (according to the documentary hypothesis, the sources of the Torah)
 * JEE – (i) Java Platform, Enterprise Edition
 * JEFX – (p) Joint Expeditionary Force eXperiment
 * JEPD
 * (i) Jahwist, Elohist, Priestly, Deuteronomist
 * Jointly Exhaustive, Pairwise Disjoint
 * JET – (a) Joint European Torus
 * JEZ – (a) Joint Engagement Zone

JF

 * JFACC – (i) Joint Force Air Component Commander
 * JFACTSU – (a) U.K. Joint Forward Air Controller Training and Standards Unit
 * JFC – (i) Joint Force Commander
 * JFCOM – (p) U.S. Joint Forces Command ("jiff-comm")
 * JFET – (i/a) Junction Field-Effect Transistor ("jay-fett")
 * JFHQ-NCR – (i) Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region
 * JFK – (i) John Fitzgerald Kennedy or the airport named after him.
 * JFLCC – (i) Joint Force Land Component Commander
 * JFMCC – (i) Joint Force Maritime Component Commander
 * JFO – (i) Journal of Field Ornithology
 * JFSOCC – (i) Joint Force Special Operations Component Commander
 * JFTX – (i) Joint Field Training Exercise
 * JFF- Jamaica Football Federation

JH

 * JH – (i) Japan Highway Public Corporation
 * JH – (s) Jharkhand (Indian state code)

JI

 * JI – (i) Joint Implementation
 * JIB – (a) Joint Information Bureau
 * JIC – (a) Joint Intelligence Centre
 * JINI – (a) Java Intelligent Network Infrastructure
 * JITC – (i) Joint Interoperability Test Command
 * JIVE – (a) Joint Institute for VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) in Europe

JJ

 * JJAP – (i) Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

JK

 * JK – (i) Jedi Knight – Just Kidding – (s) Spanair (IATA airline designator) – Jammu & Kashmir (Indian state code)

JL

 * JL – (s) Japan Airlines (IATA airline designator)
 * JLA – (i) Justice League of America

JM

 * JM – (s) Jamaica (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
 * JMD – (s) Jamaican dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
 * JMS – (i) Java Message Service

JN

 * JN – (s) Jan Mayen Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
 * JNI – (i) Java Native Interface
 * JNLP – (i) Java Network Launch Protocol

JO

 * JO – (s) Jordan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
 * JOA – (a/i) Joint Operations Area
 * JOD – (s) Jordanian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
 * Jofa – (p) Jonssons fabriker (Swedish, "Jonsson's Factories")
 * JOPES – (a) Joint Operations Planning and Execution System
 * JOR – (s) Jordan (ISO 3166 trigram)
 * JOTS – (a) Joint Operations Tactical System
 * JSP – (a) Joint Services Publication

JP

 * JP – (s) Japan (ISO 3166 digram) – (i) Justice of the Peace
 * JPEG – (a) Joint Photographic Experts Group ("jay-peg")
 * JPL – (i) Jet Propulsion Laboratory
 * jpn – (s) Japanese language (ISO 639-2 code)
 * JPN – (s) Japan (ISO 3166 trigram)
 * JPOW – (i) Joint Project Optic Windmill
 * JPY – (s) Japanese yen (ISO 4217 currency code)

JQ

 * JQ – (s) Jetstar (IATA airline designator) – (i) Johnny Quick – (s) Johnston Atoll (FIPS 10-4 territory code) – (i) Jonny Quest – Joshua Quagmire

JR

 * JRA – (i) Japanese Red Army – Joint Rear Area
 * JRDF – (i) Joint Rapid Deployment Forces
 * JRE – (i) Java Runtime Environment
 * JREF – (i) James Randi Educational Foundation
 * JROC – (i) Joint Requirements Oversight Council
 * JROCM – (i) JROC Memorandum
 * JRRF – (i) Joint Rapid Reaction Force
 * JRSAI – Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

JS

 * JSAF – (a) Joint Semi-Automated Forces ("jay-saff")
 * JSAP – (i) Japan Society of Applied Physics
 * JSCSC – (i) Joint Services Command and Staff College
 * JSD – (i) juris scientiae doctor (Latin, "doctor of science of law")
 * JSDF – (i) Japan Self-Defense Forces
 * JSEAD – (i) Joint Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (see SEAD)
 * JSF – (i) Joint Strike Fighter
 * JSIMS – (p) Joint Simulation System
 * JSOA – (i) Joint Special Operations Area
 * JSOTF – (i) Joint Special Operations Task Force
 * JSP – (i) JavaServer Page
 * JSR – (i) Java Specification Request
 * JSS – (i) Joint Support Ship Project
 * JSTARS – (p) Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System ("djay-starz")

JT

 * JT – (s) Johnston Atoll (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1986) – (i) Junior Technician (RAF) -- Jizz trumpet (Vulgar slang)
 * JTAG – (p) Joint Test Action Group ("djay-tag")
 * JTAGS – (p) Joint Tactical Ground Station ("djay-tagz")
 * JTC – (i) Joint Training Confederation
 * J-TENS – (a) Joint-Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities
 * JTF – (i) Joint Task Force
 * JTFEX – (p) Joint Task Force Exercise
 * JTIDS – (p) Joint Tactical Information Distribution System ("djay-tidz")
 * JTLS – (i) Joint Theater Level Simulation
 * JTMD – (i) Joint Theatre Missile Defence
 * JTN – (s) Johnston Atoll (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
 * JTRS – (a/i) Joint Tactical Radio System ("jitters")

JU

 * JU – (s) Juan de Nova Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
 * JUGFET – (p) JUnction Gate Field-Effect Transistor
 * JUICE – (p) JUpiter ICy Moon Explorer
 * JUO – (i) Joint Urban Operations

JV

 * jv – (s) Javanese language (ISO 639-1 code)
 * JV – (i) Joint Venture – Junior Varsity
 * JVM – (i) Java virtual machine

JW

 * JW – (i) Jehovah's Witnesses
 * JWARS – (p) Joint Warfare System (simulation)
 * JWP – (i) Joint Warfare Publication
 * JWST – (i) James Webb Space Telescope

JY

 * JY – (s) Japanese Yen

JZ

 * JZ – (i) Joint Zone