Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Joss \Joss\, n. [Chinese, corrupt. fr. Pg. deos God, L. deus.]
   A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. ``Critic in
   jars and josses.'' --Colman (1761).

   {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.

Source : WordNet®

joss
     n : a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

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.