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Informal. the total specifications made for a job using job control language.

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Other definitions for JCL (2 of 2)

J.C.L.

abbreviation

Licentiate in Canon Law.

Origin of J.C.L.

From Latin Jūris Canonicī Licentiātus

How to use JCL in a sentence

I meet Otis J. the night he arrives at “The Castle,” a West Harlem halfway house for newly-released convicts.
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J Crew did not give back the money it incidentally made off of Mrs. Obama.
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Only the L, K, and A of the old sign remain stuck to the side of the office.
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John L. Smith is a columnist with the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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C was a Captain, all covered with lace; D was a drunkard, and had a red face.
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He was a bookseller, but better known as a translator of the German contributor to the Gentleman's Magazine, &c.
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I was an Innkeeper, who loved to carouse; J was a Joiner, and built up a house.
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(c) Decomposition of exudates anywhere in the body, as in empyema, bronchiectasis, and large tuberculous cavities.
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Mais ce n'est pas de merveille; car, comme j'ay dict, ils sont enfans.
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British Dictionary definitions for JCL

JCL

/ computing /

abbreviation for

Job Control Language

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