A high-level programming language created by Kenneth Iverson, developer of APL, and Roger Hui. J is a successor language to APL that may be run on many platforms, including Windows 95, Windows NT, Macintosh, Linux, RS/6000, and Sun Sparc. Like APL, J is used primarily by mathematicians. See also APL.
Tenth letter of the English alphabet. The English value of j is that of a compound consonant, d followed by the sound zh (as in pleasure, pronounced plezh’ur).