Job (plural jobs) refers to a piece of work or a task. Specifically, it may refer to Look up Plural in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Plural is a grammatical number, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. ...

• the Activity:
  • The activity of economic production, also called employment or labour.
  • A scheduled and/or automated task for a computer in a batch processing environment; see Job (software).

In these cases, it evolved from Middle English jobbe (piece) or gobbe, (lump).^[1] For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment , one being the employer employee. ... In classical economics and all micro-economics labour is a measure of the work done by human beings and is one of three factors of production, the others being land and capital. ... Batch processing is the execution of a series of programs (jobs) on a computer without human interaction, when possible. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Not to be confused with Entomology, the study of insects. ... Middle English is the name given by historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion of 1066 and the mid-to-late 15th century, when the Chancery Standard, a form of London-based English, began to become widespread, a process aided by the... Look up piece in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Lump is a 1999 greatest hits album by the Presidents of the United States of America. ...

• In the Bible, it refers to:
  • The Book of Job (sometimes spelled Jobe), part of the Tanakh (or Old Testament)
  • Job (Biblical figure) (sometimes spelled Jobe), the main character of the Book of Job
  • One of the minor characters in the Book of Genesis

In these cases, it evolved from Hebrew: אִיּוֹב, Standard Iyyov Tiberian ʾIyyôḇ, "God is the father".^[2] This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library of Congress. ... The Book of Job (איוב) is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible. ... Tanakh (Hebrew: ‎) (also Tanach, IPA: or , or Tenak, is an acronym that identifies the Hebrew Bible. ... Note: Judaism commonly uses the term Tanakh. ... William Blakes imagining of Satan inflicting boils on Job. ... . ... Not to be confused with Entomology, the study of insects. ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ... Tiberian Hebrew is an oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient forms of Hebrew, especially the Hebrew of the Tanakh, that was given written form by masoretic scholars in the Jewish community at Tiberias in the early Middle Ages, beginning in the 8th century. ...

• Job or Jobs may also have the following meanings:
  • Job: A Comedy of Justice, a novel by Robert A. Heinlein
  • Job (novel), a novel by Joseph Roth
  • Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc.
  • Job ben Solomon
  • Joseph-Désiré Job
• Used in Pop Culture
  • Job (professional wrestling), to lose or lie down
  • Jobs (Remnants), a major character from K. A. Applegate's "Remnants" series
  • La Job, a Quebec adaptation of the British cult TV series The Office
  • Job (Still Life), the sociopathic, amoral, cave-dwelling "man-child" from the Preston-Child novel "Still Life with Crows."
  • The job system is a system of character classes used in some games of the Final Fantasy video game series.

• Geography
  • Job, Kentucky; the zip code is 41225
  • Job, West Virginia; the zip code is 26274

Job: A Comedy of Justice is a novel by Robert A. Heinlein published in 1984. ... Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of hard science fiction. ... Joseph Roth (September 2, 1894 in Brody - May 27, 1939 in Paris) was an Austrian Jewish novelist who converted to Catholicism and is best known for his family saga The Radetzky March (1932), and for his novel of Jewish life Job (1930). ... Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. ... 1734 portrait of Ayuba wearing his traditional African wardrobe Ayuba Suleiman Diallo (1701–1773), also known as Job ben Solomon, was a famous Muslim slave who was a victim of the Atlantic slave trade. ... Joseph-Désiré Job (born December 1, 1977 in Venissieux, Lyon) is a French-born Cameroonian footballer striker who is currently playing for French Ligue 1 side CS Sedan Ardennes. ... A job is professional wrestling slang referring to a performer who loses a match. ... Jobs is considered the main character from K.A. Applegates series Remnants. ... La Job is a Quebec comedy television series. ... Still Life with Crows is a thriller novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. ... In several installments of the Final Fantasy series of role-playing games by Square Enix, classes (jobs) are roles assigned to playable characters that determine the characters proficiencies. ... Final Fantasy redirects here. ...

Sources

1. ^ American Heritage Dictionary, Boston 2000: Job¹
2. ^ American Heritage Dictionary, Boston 2000: Job³

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