From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
joss
n : a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:
JOSS
JOHNNIAC Open Shop System. Charles L. Baker, RAND 1964. An
early simple interactive calculator language. "JOSS Users'
Reference Manual", R.L. Clark, Report F-1535/9, RAND Corp (Jan
1975) Sammet 1969, pp.217-226. Versions: JOSS I and JOSS II.