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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

joss
    n 1: a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Joss \Joss\ (j[o^]s), n. [Chinese, corrupt. fr. Pg. deos God, L.
   deus.]
   A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. "Critic in jars
   and josses." --Colman (1761).
   [1913 Webster]

   Joss house, a Chinese temple or house for the Chinese mode
      of worship.

   Joss stick, a reed covered with a paste made of the dust of
      odoriferous woods, or a cylinder made wholly of the paste;
      -- burned by the Chinese before an idol.
      [1913 Webster]

3. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)

JOSS
       JOHNNIAC Open Shop System (OS, JOHNNIAC)

4. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)

JOSS
       Joint Object Services Submission

5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

JOHNNIAC Open Shop System
JOSS

    (JOSS) An early, simple, interactive calculator
   language developed by Charles L. Baker at Rand in 1964.  There
   were two versions: JOSS I and JOSS II.

   [Connection with Johnniac?]

   ["JOSS Users' Reference Manual", R.L. Clark, Report F-1535/9,
   RAND Corp (Jan 1975)].

   [Sammet 1969, pp. 217-226].

   (2004-07-11)

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