JIT may refer to:
Jit may refer to:
J.I.T. Juvenile Delinquent in Training:
Southern slang used to describe the "Thug" youth element. This term has origins in the "Youth Correctional System".
- Jit, a style of Zimbabwean dance music.
- Jit (Movie), 1991 Zimbabwean movie
- For other uses, see JIT.
Jit (also known as
jiti,
jit-jive and the
Harare beat) is a style of popular
Zimbabwean dance music. It features a swift rhythm played on
drums and accompanied by a
guitar. Jit evolved out many diverse influences, including domestic
chimurenga, Congolese
rumba and Tanzanian guitar styles. The genre was popularized in the
1980s by bands like
Chazezesa Challengers,
The Four Brothers and
Bhundu Boys.
The term Jitin is derived from Jit. Jitin is a dance style rooted in Detroit, MI. It emerged during the 80s and still is practiced today. Similar to its Zimbabwean roots, Jitin is performed to the fast paced beat of Detroit House Music. Jitin involves the rapid yet rhythmic movement of the entire body, primarily the feet. Most jitin dance moves incorporate the feet, the legs, the arms, the head and even employs snake like movements while standing or lying on the ground. The following is a link to view a video of Jitin:
[Jitin Video
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Jitin is very similar to Chicago's Juke. There are subtle differences such as, Juke incorporates more of a battling style where groups and individuals will compete against one another. Juke also incorporates the same time of music, in this case, Chicago House Music which also is very similar to Detroit's House Music in its speed and tempo.
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A popular slang word in the state of Florida for a child, baby, adolescence or someone younger then the person using the statement, used more by the african american crowd of Florida .
Just in Time could refer to the following:
- Just In Time (business), an inventory strategy that reduces in-process inventory
- Just-in-time compilation, a technique for improving the performance of bytecode-compiled programming systems
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In computing,
just-in-time compilation (
JIT), also known as
dynamic translation, is a technique for improving the runtime performance of a computer program.
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In computer science, a
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Just In Time (
JIT) is an inventory strategy implemented to improve the return on investment of a business by reducing in-process inventory and its associated costs.
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Business organizations
Basic forms:
Sole proprietorship
Corporation
Partnership
(General · Limited · LLP)
Cooperative
USA:
Business trust · LLC · LLLP
Delaware corporation
Nevada corporation
UK/Commonwealth:
Limited company
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Inventory is a list for goods and materials, or those goods and materials themselves, held available in stock by a business. Inventory are held in order to manage and hide from the customer the fact that manufacture/supply delay is
..... Click the link for more information. Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) is an open, XML-inspired protocol for near-real-time, extensible instant messaging (IM) and presence information (a.k.a. buddy lists).
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Harare, Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe from the Kopje
Flag
Coat of arms
Motto: Pamberi Nekushandria Vahu (Forward with Service to the People)
Map of Zimbabwe showing the location of Harare.
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Motto
"Unity, Freedom, Work"
Anthem
Simudzai Mureza wedu WeZimbabwe (Shona)
Kalibusiswe Ilizwe leZimbabwe (Ndebele)
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Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement.
Genres
Dance music works often bear the name of the corresponding dance, e.g.
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1 Bass drum | 2 Floor tom | 3 Snare | 4 Toms | 5 Hi-hat | 6 Crash cymbal and Ride cymbal
Other components
China cymbal | Cowbell | Sizzle cymbal |
Splash cymbal | Swish cymbal |
Tambourine | Wood block | Rototom
A drum kit (or
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The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four, seven, eight, ten, and twelve string guitars also exist.
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Chimurenga music is a Zimbabwean popular music genre coined by and popularised by Thomas Mapfumo. Chimurenga is a Shona language word for struggle. The word's modern interpretation has been extended to describe a struggle for human rights, political dignity and social
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Soukous (also known as Lingala or Congo, and previously as African rumba) is a musical genre that originated in the two neighbouring countries of Belgian Congo and French Congo during the 1930s and early 1940s, and which has gained popularity throughout Africa.
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..... Click the link for more information. Chazezesa Challengers are a Zimbabwean Sungura music band formed in 1993 under the direction of the late Fanuel 'System' Tazvida in Chitungwiza, a Harare satellite town. System, a Khiama Boys alumnus, grew sick of not receiving his fair share of royalties and decided to form his
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The Four Brothers are perhaps the most internationally successful and recognised group to come from Zimbabwe. The members are not literally brothers and at times there have been more than four. They play fast-paced guitar-based pop music with songs sung in the Shona language.
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The Bhundu Boys were a Zimbabwean band that played a mixture of chimurenga music with American rock and roll, disco and pop influences. Their style became known as jit, and is quite popular across Africa, with some international success.
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African popular music, like African traditional music, is vast and varied. Most contemporary genres of African popular music build on cross-pollination with western popular music.
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Afrobeat is a combination of Yoruba music, jazz, Highlife, and funk rhythms, fused with African percussion and vocal styles, popularized in Africa in the 1970s.
Afrobeat's main creator and best known artist was the Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti, who
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Apala is a musical genre, originally derived from the Yoruba people of Nigeria. It is a percussion-based style that developed in the late 1930s, when it was used to wake worshippers after fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
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Benga is a musical genre of Kenyan popular music. It evolved between the late 1940s and late 1960s, in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi. In the 1940s, the African Broadcasting Service in Nairobi aired a steady stream of soukous, South African kwela, Zairean finger-style guitar and
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Bikutsi is a musical genre from Cameroon. It developed from the traditional styles of the Beti, or Ewondo, people, who live around the city of Yaounde. The word 'bikutsi' literally means 'beat the earth' or 'let's beat the earth' (bi- indicates a plural, -kut
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Chimurenga music is a Zimbabwean popular music genre coined by and popularised by Thomas Mapfumo. Chimurenga is a Shona language word for struggle. The word's modern interpretation has been extended to describe a struggle for human rights, political dignity and social
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For other uses, see high life (disambiguation).
HighLife is a cellular automaton similar to Conway's Game of Life. It was invented in 1994 by Nathan Thompson.
..... Click the link for more information. Isicathamiya (with the 'c' pronounced as a dental click) is an a cappella singing style that originated from the South African Zulus.
Background
The word itself does not have a literal translation; it is derived from the Zulu verb -cathama, which means
..... Click the link for more information. Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Johannesburg, South Africa in the early 1990s. It is based on house music beats, but typically at a slower tempo and containing melodic and percussive African samples which are looped, deep basslines and often vocals, generally male, shouted
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Kwela is a happy, often pennywhistle based, street music from southern Africa with jazzy underpinnings. It evolved from the marabi sound and brought South African music to international prominence in the 1950s.
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Makossa is a type of music which is most popular in urban areas in Cameroon. It is similar to soukous, except it includes strong bass rhythm and a prominent horn section. It originated from a type of Duala dance called kossa, with significant influences from jazz, ambasse bey,
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