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J2EE

Previous name for Java EE. Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

JAR

Java Archive A package file format typically used to aggregate many Java class files and associated metadata and resources (text, images, ...) into one file in order to distribute application software or libraries on the Java platform. Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

Java EE

Java Enterprise Edition Java EE provides an API and runtime environment for developing and running enterprise software, including network and web services, and other large-scale, multi-tiered, scalable, reliable, and secure network applications. Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

JavaScript

A high-level, dynamic, untyped, and interpreted programming language, which has been standardised in the ECMAScript language specification. Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

JAXB

Java Architecture for XML Binding A Java API that makes it easier to access XML documents from applications written in the Java programming language. Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

JBoss

J2EE application server for developing and deploying enterprise Java applications, Web applications and services, and portals. JBoss is now known as WildFly. Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

JHove2

A characterization tool for digital objects. Characterisation is comprised of four elements;" identifying the object's format; validating that the object conforms to its format's technical norms;, extracting technical metadata from the object; and assessing whether the object should be accepted into a repository, based on policies set by the curator. https";//bitbucket.org/jhove2/main/wiki/Home Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

JMS

Java Message Service A messaging standard that allows Java EE application components to create, send, receive and read messages. Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

JPA

Java Persistence API Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

JPEG

Joint Photographic Experts Group, a committee that oversees international standards for compression and processing of digital photographs . The majority of JPEG formats are lossy. http://www.jpeg.org/; Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

JPEG 2000

a revision of the JPEG format which can use lossless compression. Definition by https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/glossary

JSON

JavaScript Object Notation Open-standard format using human-readable text to transmit data objects consisting of attribute–value pairs. It is the most common data format used for asynchronous browser/server communication (AJAJ) where it has largely replaced XML, which is used by AJAX. Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary

JUST

European Commission's Directorate-General for Justice and consumers Definition from https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Glossary