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Princeton's WordNet

  1. jossnoun

    a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol

Wiktionary

  1. jossnoun

    A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.

Wikipedia

  1. JOSS

    JOSS (acronym for JOHNNIAC Open Shop System) was one of the first interactive, time-sharing programming languages. It pioneered many features that would become common in languages from the 1960s into the 1980s, including use of line numbers as both editing instructions and targets for branches, statements predicated by boolean decisions, and a built-in source-code editor that can perform instructions in direct or immediate mode, what they termed a conversational user interface. JOSS was initially implemented on the JOHNNIAC machine at RAND Corporation and put online in 1963. It proved very popular, and the users quickly bogged the machine down. By 1964, a replacement was sought with higher performance. JOHNNIAC was retired in 1966 and replaced by a PDP-6, which ultimately grew to support hundreds of computer terminals based on the IBM Selectric. The terminals used green ink for user input and black for the computer's response. Any command that was not understood elicited the response Eh? or SORRY. The system was highly influential, spawning a variety of ports and offshoots. Some remained similar to the original, like TELCOMP and STRINGCOMP, CAL, CITRAN, ISIS, PIL/I, JEAN (ICT 1900 series), Algebraic Interpretive Dialogue (AID, on PDP-10); while others, such as FOCAL and MUMPS, developed in distinctive directions. It also bears a strong resemblance to the BASIC interpreters found on microcomputers in the 1980s, differing mainly in syntax details.

ChatGPT

  1. joss

    Joss is a term originally derived from the Chinese word for god, deity, or spirit. In English, it is commonly used to refer to a type of incense used in religious ceremonies, particularly in Eastern religions. This term can also refer to a household or ancestral deity, sometimes represented by joss sticks (incense sticks) or joss paper. The term gained usage in the West during the 19th century and is commonly employed in the phrase "joss house," meaning a temple or shrine.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jossnoun

    a Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol

  2. Etymology: [Chinese, corrupt. fr. Pg. deos God, L. deus.]

Wikidata

  1. JOSS

    JOSS was one of the very first interactive, time sharing programming languages. JOSS I, developed by J. Clifford Shaw at RAND was first implemented, in beta form, on the JOHNNIAC computer in May 1963. The full implementation was deployed in January 1964, supporting 5 terminals and the final version, supporting 10 terminals, was deployed in January 1965. JOSS was written in a symbolic assembly language called EasyFox. EasyFox was also developed by Cliff Shaw. JOSS was dubbed "The Helpful Assistant" and is renowned for its conversational user interface. Originally green/black typewriter ribbons were used in its terminals with green being used for user input and black for the computer's response. Any command that was not understood elicited the response "Eh?". JOSS II, was developed by Charles L. Baker, Joseph W. Smith, Irwin D. Greenwald, and G. Edward Bryan for the PDP-6 computer between 1964 and February 1966. Many variants of JOSS were developed and implemented on a variety of platforms. Some of these variants remained very similar to the original: TELCOMP, FOCAL, CAL, CITRAN, ISIS, PIL/I, JEAN, AID; while others, such as MUMPS, developed in distinctive directions.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Joss

    jos, n. a Chinese idol.—ns. Joss′-house, a temple; Joss′-stick, a stick of gum burned as incense to their gods. [Pidgin-English corr. of the Port. deos, god.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Joss

    a Chinese god or his idol.

Editors Contribution

  1. JOSS

    As in James Clavel book Tai Pan. Luck

    It was Joss


    Submitted by anonymous on June 17, 2019  

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. JOSS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Joss is ranked #32632 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Joss surname appeared 704 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Joss.

    95.7% or 674 total occurrences were White.
    1.4% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.8% or 6 total occurrences were Black.
    0.7% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of JOSS in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of JOSS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of JOSS in a Sentence

  1. Sarah Michelle Gellar:

    Joss Whedon has Joss Whedon own sort of language that’s difficult for us mere mortals to understand, i grew up in New York. We did n’t have Valley girls, and constantly, I ’m asking Joss Whedon ‘ What does this mean ? I ’m not quite sure. ’ There’s a very funny story about [ my audition ] where the first line is ‘ What’s the sitch ? ’ And there I go walking in, and my first [ question was, ] ‘ What does this mean ? ’ No idea it meant situation. Talk about blowing a job instantly.

  2. Rajata Rajatanavin:

    We are trying to cut the risk to worshippers by issuing guidelines to make people aware that lighting joss sticks and paper during the Chinese New Year could have serious health effects.

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