A jack pipe is a pipe that is installed using jacks.

Jacking is a method of providing an opening for drainage or other purposes underground, by cutting an opening ahead of the pipe and forcing the pipe into the opening by means of horizontal jacks.

Java is a programming language from Sun for World Wide Web applications. Java programs are embedded into Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) documents on the web. Netscape Navigator and some other browsers have embedded Java interpreters that allow users to access and run Java programs embedded in web pages.

A jiggle bar is a raised surface that extends generally less than 1” above the normal permanent surface to make any wheel encroachment obvious to the vehicle operator without loss of control of the vehicle. It is usually constructed with asphalt concrete pavement (ACP) or jiggle bar tile.

Job Access and Reverse Commute is a Federal Transit Administration grant program targeting new or expanded public transportation services for low income persons or welfare recipients and commutes to suburban employment centers. Codified at 49 USC 5316 and often called the Section 5316 or JARC program.

Job control language expresses the requirements and coordination needed to perform a computer run.

job control tests Job control tests are routinely performed by the districts on a project basis to meet the specification requirements.

A job entry subsystem #2 is just a new up-to-date version of job control language.

A job family is a group of jobs that have the same basic nature of work, but different levels of skill, effort, responsibility or working conditions.

A job requisition is a written notice of a specific position to be filled in an organization. This includes a brief overview of the job, its essential duties and minimum requirements.

A joinder is the joining or uniting of two or more individuals in a legal proceeding.

Joint Photographic Experts Group is a graphics format that provides for better image compression resulting in less storage space requirements. Because they are compressed, JPEG images take longer to load than their Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) counterparts.

Joint sealer is a material or device placed in pavement joints to prevent migration of water or debris into a pavement structure.

Jointed concrete pavement is Portland cement concrete pavement with longitudinal steel reinforcement and periodically spaced transverse joints. These joints, which may contain reinforcement, are design to control cracking and to transfer traffic load between the adjacent slabs.

A journal is any book of original entry.

A journal request voucher is provided by the comptroller for the recording of adjusting transactions on journal registers. Journal request vouchers contain entries, explanations and references to documentary evidence supporting the entries, and the signature or initials of one or more properly authorized officials designated to authorize the transactions.

A journal voucher is a TxDOT accounting device to distribute or redistribute costs to authorizations and projects and to make adjustments.

A judgment is a decision as to the damages suffered by the condemnee.

Jughead is a research tool that is used with Gopher. Jughead scans an index of titles for directory titles or broader subject headings. It then offers you the option to go to one of these directory titles and look for more specific information.

Junk is any old scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber, debris, waste; junked, dismantled or wrecked automobiles or parts thereof; iron, steel or other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.

A junkyard is an automobile graveyard; an establishment maintained, used or operated for storing, buying or selling junk or processing scrap metal; a garbage dump or sanitary landfill.

In condemnation, the amount of the loss for which a property owner has established a claim to compensation. It is the payment of the market value of the part taken.

Justification is a statement designed to identify, to describe the use, to explain the benefits, to show the costs, and to state clearly the worth of an automated information and telecommunications systems.