j

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j - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  J \J\ (j[=a]).
     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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
           [1913 Webster]

j - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  J
      n 1: 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 [syn: joule, J, watt second]
      2: the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: J, j]

j - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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 arrays.  J
     was designed and developed by Kennneth E. Iverson and Roger
     Hui <hui@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.com>.  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)