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| Jacket | 1) Clear plastic covering to protect slides. 2) Short coat for the upper body, typically worn by food servers, bellmen, etc. |
| Jacobs Ladder | A series of horizontal panels held together with a vinyl bank. These panels flip to expose the opposite side when top horizontal panel is mechanically turned. |
| Jambon | Ham. |
| Jan | Joint Army-Navy specification. Pertains to the stringent government specifications used for electronic components of specified quality or survivability or of tightly maintained quality control, and often means these parts will last longer, withstand higher temperatures voltages, currents, etc., than their consumer counterparts. |
| Janitorial Service | Service offered for cleaning booths/stands, facilities, etc. |
| Jardinière | Diced, mixed vegetables (jardin is garden in French). |
| Java | 1) Slang for coffee. 2)An object-oriented programming language invented by Sun Microsystems. Java runs over the Internet and provides a secure environment for writing and executing World Wide Web applications. |
| J-Bar | Long-handled wooden pry bar with metal tip and wheels used in freight handling. Also Called JOHNSON BAR. |
| Jewel Light | Colored plastic or glass insert used in front of a light source in panel faces to identify, pinpoint, etc., areas. |
| Jig | Shop or bench set-up for making repetitive assemblies. |
| Jigger | A 1-ounce measure used in making alcoholic drinks. |
| Jigger Spout | Adapter on a liquor bottle used to eject a premeasured amount. Often called Posi-Pour™ which is a trademarked brand name for this type of device. |
| Jigging | Special dividers, sectioning and protective padding inside exhibit crates. |
| Jigsaw | Narrow blade set in a frame used with a vertical motion for cutting along wavy or irregular lines. |
| JLG | Brand name for equipment capable of lifting a person or persons to a given height. See HIGH JACKER. See Also MAN LIFT, SCISSOR LIFT, GENIE LIFT, HI LOW, FORKLIFT.
See Also High Jacker , Man Lift , Scissor Lift , Genie Lift , HI LOW , Forklift/Forktruck |
| Job Box | See TROUBLE BOX.
See Also Trouble Box |
| Job Description | List of duties that make up a particular job position. |
| Job Foreman | One who is in charge of specific projects. |
| Job Specification | List of qualities (e.g. work experience, education) a job applicant needs in order to be considered for a particular job. |
| Johnson Bar | Long-handled wooden pry bar with metal tip and wheels used in freight handling. Also Called J-BAR. |
| Joint Agreement | Union contract covering more than one employer and a union, more than one union and an employer, or a number of employees and a number of unions. |
| Joint Fares | Through-fare for travel on two or more airlines. |
| Jointing | Technique of rendering lumber surfaces perfectly straight and smooth so as to permit a perfect fit. This operation is usually performed on continuous automatic machine called a jointer. |
| Jones Plug | Multi-prong electrical connector. |
| Journeyman | Worker who has satisfactorily completed an apprenticeship in a skilled trade. |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group. A graphic file format that has a sophisticated technique for compressing full-color bitmapped graphics, such as photographs. JPEG is most commonly mentioned as a format for image files. |
| Julienne | Vegetables cut in long thin slices. |
| Junction Box | A distribution point for electrical power. |
| Junior Suite | A hotel room that features a separate living-sitting area (although not a separate room), in addition to the bedroom. |
| Jurisdiction | 1) The jobs that may be performed by a specific labor union. 2) The locality where a contractual dispute is decided. 3) In law, the ability of a court to hear and decide a matter brought before it. |
| Jurisdictional Dispute | Conflict between unions concerning the right to control certain jobs in a particular trade or industry. |
| Jury-Rig | To construct or rig in a temporary and makeshift way. |
| Justified Type | Type set with both margins flush often leaving odd spaces between words. |
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