3-letter words starting with j
- jj. — Judges
- jly — July
- jms — Java Message Service
- jnd — just noticeable difference
- jni — Java Native Interface
- jnr — Jnr is a written abbreviation for junior. It is used after a man's name to distinguish him from an older member of his family with the same name.
- job — the central figure in an Old Testament parable of the righteous sufferer.
- jod — Alternative spelling of yodh.
- joe — E(dward) Franklin, 1894–1962, U.S. sociologist.
- jog — to move or shake with a push or jerk: The horseman jogged the reins lightly.
- jol — (South Africa, slang) party.
- jon — a male given name, form of John.
- jor — In Indian music, a formal section of composition in the long elaboration (alap) of a raga that forms the beginning of a performance.
- jos — a female given name, form of Josephine.
- jot — to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually followed by down): Jot down his license number.
- jow — the ringing, tolling, or sound of a bell.
- joy — a female given name.
- jpg — A file extension indicating a file of JPEG file format; i.e., a digital picture.
- jpl — (language) JAM Programming Language.
- jpn — Japan
- jre — Java Run-Time Environment
- jrl — J. Random Loser. The names JRL and JRN were sometimes used as example names when discussing a kind of user ID used under TOPS-10 and WAITS. They were understood to be the initials of (fictitious) programmers named "J. Random Loser" and "J. Random Nerd". For example, if one said "To log in, type log one comma jay are en" (that is, "log 1,JRN"), the listener would have understood that he should use his own computer ID in place of "JRN".
- jrn — J. Random Nerd. See JRL.
- jsa — Japanese Standards Association.
- jsd — Doctor of Juristic Science
- jse — Johannesburg Stock Exchange
- jsf — JavaServer Faces
- jsp — JavaServer Pages
- jtb — jump trace buffer
- jtc — (standard, body) Joint Technical Committee.
- jth — (mathematics) Occurring at position j in a sequence.
- jts — A simple dialect of JOVIAL.
- jud — Doctor of Canon and Civil Law
- jue — an ancient Chinese vessel for wine, having three high legs and a handle.
- jug — a sound made by a bird, especially a nightingale.
- jul — July
- jun — chon (def 1).
- jus — a right.
- jut — to extend beyond the main body or line; project; protrude (often followed by out): The narrow strip of land juts out into the bay.
- juv — juvenile
- juz — One of thirty parts of the Quran.
- jvm — Java Virtual Machine
- jwb — Jewish Welfare Board
- jwv — Jewish War Veterans
- jym — A predecessor to Graal by Patrick Bellot, France.