The Fiber Optics Illustrated Dictionary - Part 55 fills a gap in the literature by providing instructors, hobbyists, and top-level engineers with an accessible, current reference. From the author of the best-selling Telecommunications Illustrated Dictionary, this comprehensive reference includes fundamental physics, basic technical information for fiber splicing, installation, maintenance, and repair, and follow-up information for communications and other professionals using fiber optic components. Well-balanced, well-researched, and extensively cross-referenced, it also includes hundreds of photographs, charts, and diagrams that clarify the more complex ideas and put simpler ideas into their applications context | Fiber Optics Illustrated Dictionary JARL See Japan Amateur Radio League Inc. JAS-1 b Japan s second amateur radio satellite launched in 1990 4 years after its first satellite was put into orbit. Six years later in 1996 this was followed by JAS-2. See JAS-2. JAS-2 Japan s third amateur radio satellite launched in 1996 using an H-II launch vehicle. JATE See Japan Approvals Institute for Telecommunications Equipment. Java An object-oriented platform-independent threaded programming language that came into being largely because its two earliest contributors were not satisfied with C and C and wanted a way to develop programs with less effort and code. Thus Bill Joy proposed an object environment based on C to Sun Microsystems engineers and James Gosling author of EMACS developed a language called Oak. Communications between Patrick Naughton of Sun Mike Sheridan James Gosling and Bill Joy resulted in the Green Project and collaborative work began. Eventually in 1995 Java was introduced by Sun Microsystems. Java requires significantly less code than C for many types of applications is generally easier to learn works well in conjunction with the Web and has a good chance of becoming a widespread language of choice for software development. On the Web it is frequently used to supplement HTML as a means to interact with and convey information to Web users. HTML is a markup language a type of language where a user can learn a few commands and install a basic Web page without too much technical knowledge. However Web users with more sophisticated needs or the desire to interact with users in a more fluid and interactive manner than is possible with HTML generally select Perl and or Java for implementing calculations specialized interfaces and more complex programming structures than are possible with HTML. At first Web users were slow to adopt Java. Those who were familiar with C and other powerful fast development languages were uncomfortable with Java s limits and slow .
