For application-specific terms, refer to the help feature of that application.

Java

An object-oriented programming language. See Applet.

Java Applet

A small program written in Java that can be executed from within a browser.

JavaScript

JavaScript is a scripting language. It is often used to create image rollovers and other interactive features. See ASP, VBScript, Rollover, Java, Scripting Language.

JPEG

Joint Photographic Expert Group. A bitmap file format that uses lossy compression and is designed for photographs or illustrations with many subtle color transitions. See BMP, GIF, Lossy Compression, PNG.

JSP

Java Server Pages. An alternative to ASP, JSP is a server-side technology that has dynamic scripting capability. JSP is embedded in a HTML page to make the HTML more functional, such as running database queries. See ASP.