J

Java, JScript, JavaScript

Java is an object-oriented programming language developed by the Sun Corporation.

JScript is the Microsoft implementation of the ECMAScript scripting language specification, an open standard. Do not refer to it as JavaScript, which is the corresponding implementation by Time Warner.

jewel case

Do not use. Use CD case or DVD case instead.

join

All right to use as an adjective, as a noun, or as a verb. Do not use to mean embed. Join, in database terminology, refers to a relationship or association between fields in different tables and should be reserved for that meaning in documentation for database and related products.

Microsoft style

If you join numeric fields that do not have matching FieldSize property settings, Microsoft ...

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